Teaching Pain Management in the Era of the Opioid Epidemic: A Team Based Intervention (FR482B)

Guidelines for safe opioid prescribing practices have largely excluded palliative care populations and there is a general lack of evidence for appropriate risk mitigation measures in this population. In lieu of such guidelines many have recommended using a “universal precautions” approach using tools from the chronic pain arena.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - January 25, 2020 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Alana Sagin, Jill P. Farabelli, Tanya J. Uritsky, Sharon M. Kimberly, Kava Schafer, Daniel De Joseph, Pallavi Kumar Source Type: research