Managing Opioids, Including Misuse and Addiction, in Patients With Serious Illness in Ambulatory Palliative Care: A Qualitative Study.
CONCLUSION: This study highlights the challenge of opioid management in patients with serious illness, particularly when misuse or substance use disorder is present, and suggests areas for future research focus. Our next step will be to establish consensus on approaches to opioid prescribing decision-making and policy in seriously ill patients presenting to ambulatory palliative care.
PMID: 31763926 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Merlin JS, Young SR, Arnold R, Bulls HW, Childers J, Gauthier L, Giannitrapani KF, Kavalieratos D, Schenker Y, Wilson JD, Liebschutz JM Tags: Am J Hosp Palliat Care Source Type: research
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