Medicolegal aspects of pain medicine with special reference to opioid therapy

Gabor B. Racz, Carl Noe, Hans Hansen, Rajesh Munglani

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Abstract

Medicolegal issues include medical malpractice litigation, licensing agency and hospital credentialing actions. Pain management is a focus of attention for both interventional procedures and opioid prescribing. Multiple strategies exist to reduce risk for procedural techniques and opioid prescribing.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationTechniques of Neurolysis
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages175-194
Number of pages20
ISBN (Electronic)9783319276076
ISBN (Print)9783319276052
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2016

Keywords

  • Complications
  • Injections
  • Medicolegal
  • Opioids
  • Pain medicine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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