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Improving Pain Management through Policy Making and Education for Medical Regulators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

David E. Joranson  and
Aaron M. Gilson
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Physician concern about regulatory scrutiny as a barrier to appropriate prescribing for pain management has been identified and studied. A 1991 Pain Research Group survey demonstrated a need to provide updated information about opioids and pain management to state medical board members. Indeed, a national survey even showed a need to provide more education about pain management to oncology Physicians. Two approaches for responding to these concerns have been undertaken in several states by the state medical boards and the pain management community: the development and adoption of administrative policies designed to bring disciplinary standards in line with clinical practice; and the creation of education programs for state medical board members and staffs. Each can have a substantial impact on removing real and perceived regulatory barriers to effective pain relief.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , Winter 1996 , pp. 344 - 347
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 1996

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