Pain Management for People with Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid Use Disorder Epidemic: Proceedings of a Workshop

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Reports on a workshop with multiple stakeholders discussing pain management in the context of the opioid misuse epidemic. Reviews the opioid epidemic, how responses to it have affected people with serious illness and pain, the pain management needs of people with substance use disorder, policy responses, and next steps. Includes a few examples from rural areas and addresses some challenges specific to rural.

05/2019

Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Illicit drug use · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Policy · Prescription drug misuse