It made my life a little easier: Primary care providers' beliefs and attitudes about using opioid treatment agreements

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Starrels, Joanna L ^a   Wu, Bryan ^b   Peyser, Deena ^c   Fox, Aaron D ^a   Batchelder, Abigail ^d   Barg, Frances K ^e,f   Arnsten, Julia H ^a   Cunningham, Chinazo O ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Chronic pain; Contract; Opioid analgesics; Opioid misuse; Physician perspective

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNIST; OPIOID TREATMENT AGREEMENT; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84899869745     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2014.0198     Document Type: Article

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