Changing How We Care for the Incurable
Judy Citko & Myra Christopher
San Diego Union Tribune
February 24, 2012
To a certain extent, how we live life and face our inevitable death are determined by a nameless and faceless bureaucracy that we call “the system.” While there are deficiencies and inadequacies at every level, the sum of these broken parts can total disaster for people who live with pain, and those who fear dying in pain.
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San Diego Union Tribune
February 24, 2012
To a certain extent, how we live life and face our inevitable death are determined by a nameless and faceless bureaucracy that we call “the system.” While there are deficiencies and inadequacies at every level, the sum of these broken parts can total disaster for people who live with pain, and those who fear dying in pain.
Link to commentary here.
Labels: pain; pain policy; Institute of Medicine; bioethics; opioids; undertreatment of pain
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