The Role of Health Coaching in Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacy Practice

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2023 Oct 19:1-6. doi: 10.1080/15360288.2023.2268039. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTWhole-person care is essential in the management of patients with chronic pain and serious illness. Pain, suffering, and comfort do not fall under typical chronic disease management and cannot be boxed nicely into algorithms of evidence-focused, biomarker-based goal achievement like hypertension or diabetes. Current therapies, including surgical, interventional, and analgesic modalities may be only marginally effective, and have brought with them questionable practices, high cost, and an opioid epidemic. Patient-focused goals are gaining favor, and exploration of methods to enhance this approach include health coaching. In the setting of pain management, this would include pain coaching. This commentary will highlight the role of health coaching in the setting of chronic disease and pain management, and the pharmacists' qualifications and potential contributions to health and pain coaching.PMID:37855889 | DOI:10.1080/15360288.2023.2268039

Source: Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy - October 19, 2023 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Lee A Kral Source Type: research