Malpractice claims associated with medication management for chronic pain

Anesthesiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 948-956

  Fitzgibbon, Dermot R ^a   Rathmell, James P ^b,c   Michna, Edward ^d   Stephens, Linda S ^a   Posner, Karen L ^a   Domino, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICATION MANAGEMENT CLAIM; METHADONE TREATMENT; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 77950857412     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181cdef98     Document Type: Article

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