Open AccessThis Is a Different Patient Population: Opioid Prescribing Challenges for Patients With Cancer-Related Pain
Author(s) -
Yael Schenker,
Megan Hamm,
Hailey W. Bulls,
Jessica S. Merlin,
Rachel Wasilko,
Alicia Dawdani,
Balchandre Kenkre,
Shane Belin,
Lindsay M. Sabik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jco oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2688-1535
pISSN - 2688-1527
DOI - 10.1200/op.20.01041
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer pain , medical prescription , palliative care , opioid , thematic analysis , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , family medicine , population , cancer , qualitative research , psychiatry , nursing , paleontology , social science , receptor , environmental health , sociology , biology
Responses to the opioid epidemic in the United States, including efforts to monitor and limit prescriptions for noncancer pain, may be affecting patients with cancer. Oncologists' views on how the opioid epidemic may be influencing treatment of cancer-related pain are not well understood.