MD be aware of treatment of chronic pain patients. In the emergency department (ED) we know all too well the presentation of a chronic pain patient who shows up on the weekend or after office hours complaining of pain and inability to reach their pain specialist or their primary care doctor.
Its hard to prove or disprove anything regarding chronic pain in the quick encounters we have in the ED. This story in the Sunday NY Times magazine is a frightening tale of one pain specialist who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for what appears to be treating chronic pain in a manner he deemed clinically appropriate. He was perhaps eccentric, disorganized in his record keeping, and unconventional is his dosing practices, but was he a criminal?
Click the link and read this engrossing cover story.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
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