How Family Physicians Can Combat the Opioid Epidemic - Editorials - American Family ...
Sep 15, 2017 - Family physicians must commit to responsible prescribing of opioid medications. The decision to initiate opioid therapy should be a careful and deliberate one, especially in patients who are at risk of addiction.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0915/p357.html
Management of Chronic Pain and Opioid Misuse: A Position Paper from the AAFP - Practice...
Apr 1, 2017 - Overprescribing, misuse, diversion, and dependence on opioids have occurred as a result of external pressures, physician behavior, inadequate evidence, and pharmacologic development. Family physicians could play an important role in alleviating these problems; therefore, the American ...
American Family Physician : Practice Guidelines
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0401/p458.html
Chronic Pain Management and Opioid Misuse: Guidance for Family Physicians - Editorials ...
Apr 1, 2017 - Family physicians are committed to advancing population and community health, and we must take the lead in reducing opioid misuse and overdose before outside entities mandate practice strategies that may not be patient-centered.
American Family Physician : Editorials
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0401/p420.html
Caring for Patients with Job Insecurity Who Are Experiencing Chronic Work-Related Pain ...
Jul 15, 2016 - In addition to providing direct medical care, the physician can help this patient by obtaining an occupational history, formulating hypotheses about the cause of the pain and potential interventions, and establishing a therapeutic relationship.
American Family Physician : Curbside Consultation
https://www.aafp.org/afp/2016/0715/p145.html
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