Clinician Perspectives on Opioid Treatment Agreements: A Qualitative Analysis of Focus Groups

CONCLUSION: This study reveals a complicated relationship between OTAs and access to pain management. While OTAs seem not to impact the clinicians' decisions about whether to use LTOT generally, they do sometimes influence prescribing decisions for individual patients. Clinicians shared complex views about OTAs' purposes, which shows the need for more clarity about how OTAs could be used to promote shared decision-making, joint accountability, informed consent, and patient education.PMID:37962913 | DOI:10.1080/23294515.2023.2274606

Source: AJOB Primary Research - November 14, 2023 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Nathan Richards Martin Fried Larisa Svirsky Nicole Thomas Patricia J Zettler Dana Howard Source Type: research