Open AccessThe Debate on Elder Abuse for Undertreated Pain
Author(s) -
Tucker Kathryn L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2004.4029_2.x
Subject(s) - medicaid , medicine , elder abuse , pain management , family medicine , nursing , health care , medical emergency , psychiatry , physical therapy , suicide prevention , poison control , economics , economic growth
Presented is a review of the pain management provided to an elderly male patient dying of mesothelioma in an acute care hospital and, subsequently, in a nursing home. Discussed are the medico‐legal aspects of the case, including the patient's survivors’ efforts to hold the treating physicians, hospital, and nursing home accountable for inadequate pain management through complaints submitted to the state medical board, the state department of health services, and the Center for Medicaid/Medicare Services, and in state court.