Liability for Under-prescribing Opioids in Vulnerable Patients with Severe Pain

1. Understand the main facts and legal reasoning behind the decisions of the Bergman and Slone cases.2. Understand the special features of vulnerable populations that place clinicians at increased risk for liability of abuse allegations when undertreating their chronic, severe pain.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research