Medico-legal rounds: Medico-legal issues and alleged breaches of "standards of medical care" in opioid rotation of methadone: A case report

Pain Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-201

  Fishbain, David A ^a,b   Cutler, R B ^a,b   Cole, Brandly ^b   Lewis, John ^a   Rosomoff, R Steele ^a,b   Rosomoff, H L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Comprehen Pain/Rehabilitation Ctr ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Chronic pain; Drug toxicology screens; Expert witness; Medico legal; Methadone; Opioid detoxification; Opioid rotation; Standards of medical care

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; COCAINE; CODEINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCODONE; METHADONE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOTHIAZINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN CLINIC; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CONTENT; VOMITING; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; DEATH; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICATION ERRORS; METHADONE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OXYCODONE; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0043133879     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4637.2003.03021.x     Document Type: Article

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