Pain management for people with serious illness in the context of the opioid use disorder epidemic : proceedings of a workshop

Pain management for people with serious illness in the context of the opioid use disorder epidemic proceedings of a workshop

"The United States is facing an opioid use disorder epidemic with opioid overdoses killing 47,000 people in the U.S. in 2017 (NASEM, 2019). The past three decades have witnessed a significant increase in the prescribing of opioids for pain, based on the belief that patients were being under tre...

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Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness, issuing body (issuing body), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Health and Medicine Division, issuing body, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Care Services, issuing body, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), issuing body
Other Authors: Graig, Laurene A., author (author), Olchefske, India, rapporteur (rapporteur), Alper, Joe, rapporteur
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press [2019]
Subjects:
Opioid abuse > Treatment > United States.
Opioid abuse > United States > Prevention.
Chronic diseases > United States.
Chronically ill > Care.
Pain > Treatment.
Drugs > Prescribing > United States.
Comorbidity > United States.
United States.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622164606719
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding the opioid use disorder epidemic and its impact on patients, families, and communities
  • Pain management for people with serious illness: challenges and opportunities in the context of the opioid use disorder epidemic
  • Addressing the challenge of patients with comorbid substance use disorder and serious illness
  • Impact of policy and regulatory response to the opioid use disorder epidemic on the care of people with serious illness
  • Caring for people with serious illness in the context of the opioid use disorder epidemic: lessons to inform policy and practice.

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