Management of Pain in the United States—A Brief History and Implications for the Opioid Epidemic
Pain management in the United States reflects attitudes to those in pain. Increased numbers of disabled veterans in the 1940s to 1960s led to an increased focus on pain and its treatment. The view of the person in pain has moved back and forth between a physiological construct to an individual with...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Health Services Insights |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1178632918819440 |
