Do Patients Know They Are on Pain Medication Agreements? Results from a Sample of High-Risk Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1174-1180

  Penko, Joanne ^a   Mattson, Jennifer ^c   Miaskowski, Christine ^b   Kushel, Margot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Opioid analgesics; Pain medicine agreements; Patient clinician agreement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PAIN MEDICATION AGREEMENT; PATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84866302616     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2012.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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