Intake Assessment of Problematic Use of Medications in a Chronic Noncancer Pain Clinic
Author(s) -
Leah Pink,
Andrew J. Smith,
Philip Peng,
Marilyn Galonski,
Paul S. Tumber,
David Evans,
Doug L. Gourlay,
Lesley J. Gordon,
Geoff Bellingham,
Satnam S. Nijjar,
Larry Picard,
Allan Gordon
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pain research and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1918-1523
pISSN - 1203-6765
DOI - 10.1155/2012/489743
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory , risk assessment , chronic pain , health care , medline , ambulatory care , pain assessment , intensive care medicine , pain management , physical therapy , surgery , computer security , economic growth , computer science , political science , law , economics
The present article outlines the process of instituting an assessment of risk of problematic use of medications with new patients in an ambulatory chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) clinic. It is hoped that the authors' experience through this iterative process will fill the gap in the literature by setting an example of an application of the 'universal precautions' approach to chronic pain management.
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