Pain medicine versus pain management: Ethical dilemmas created by contemporary medicine and business

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 311-316

  Loeser, John D ^a   Cahana, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Business; Ethics; Multidisciplinary pain management; Pain; Pain education

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPENSATION; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DRUG MARKETING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEAR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS; COMMERCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874846692     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182516e64     Document Type: Article

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