Changing the practice of pain medicine writ large and small through identifying problems and establishing goals

Pain Physician

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-285

  Giordano, James ^a,b,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ANALGESIC AGENT ABUSE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33750867649     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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