An ethnography of chronic pain management in primary care: The social organization of physicians' work in the midst of the opioid crisis.

<h4>Background</h4>This study reports on physicians' experiences with chronic pain management. For over a decade prescription opioids have been a primary treatment for chronic pain in North America. However, the current opioid epidemic has complicated long-standing practices for chr...

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Main Authors: Fiona Webster, Kathleen Rice, Joel Katz, Onil Bhattacharyya, Craig Dale, Ross Upshur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215148