An Analysis of Primary Care Clinician Communication About Risk, Benefits, and Goals Related to Chronic Opioid Therapy

Background. Safe opioid prescribing and effective pain care are particularly important issues in the United States, where decades of widespread opioid prescribing have contributed to high rates of opioid use disorder. Because of the importance of clinician-patient communication in effective pain car...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth C. Danielson, Olena Mazurenko, Barbara T. Andraka-Christou, Julie DiIulio, Sarah M. Downs, Robert W. Hurley, Christopher A. Harle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-12-01
Series:MDM Policy & Practice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468319892572