Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Management

by Schatman; Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9780849392689
• ISBN10: 0849392683
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-16
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Specifically designed to address the needs of all specialists involved in the care of chronic pain patients, this source clarifies the ethical and legal issues associated with the diagnosis, assessment, and care of patients suffering from long-term pain. Divided into five comprehensive sections, this source covers a variety of topics to help the chronic pain clinician gain perspective on the interaction between ethics, the law, and the provision of medical services.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	xiii
Section I: Ethical/Philosophical Issues
1. Pain, the Patient, and the Practice of Pain Medicine: The Importance of a Core Philosophy and Virtue-Based Ethics	1	(14)
James Giordano
2. Ethical Dilemmas of Chronic Pain from a Patient's Perspective	15	(18)
Debra E. Benner
3. Life and Death Considerations in Chronic Pain: Secular and Theological Ethical Considerations	33	(10)
Richard Payne
4. The Demise of the Multidisciplinary Chronic Pain Management Clinic: Bioethical Perspectives on Providing Optimal Treatment When Ethical Principles Collide	43	(20)
Michael E. Schatman
Section II: Disparities in Treatment
5. Ethical Challenges in Caring for Children with Chronic Pain	63	(16)
Patricia A. McGrath and Danielle A. Ruskin
6. Ethical Considerations in the Management of Chronic Pain in Older Adults	79	(16)
Raymond C. Tait
7. Racial, Ethnic, and Sociodemographic Disparities	95	(16)
Carmen R. Green
Section III: Legal and Ethical Issues in the Pharmacological Treatment of Chronic Pain
8. Chronic Opioid Therapy: The Argument for Opioid Therapy to Treat Persistent Noncancer Pain	111	(10)
B. Eliot Cole
9. Chronic Opioid Therapy: The Argument for Caution	121	(22)
Jane C. Ballantyne
10. Current Legal Issues Regarding the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain	143	(22)
Jennifer Bolen
11. The Solution to the Medicinal Cannabis Problem	165	(30)
Ethan B. Russo
Section IV: Medicolegal Issues
12. Ethical Issues in Pain Management: Disability Assessment and Determination	195	(12)
Jaye E. Hefner
13. Pain Management and Managed Care: Managing the System	207	(16)
David L. Trueman
14. Ethical Issues in Testimony Regarding Chronic Pain Management	223	(20)
Barbara L. Kornblau
Section V Ethical Issues in Standards of Care and Research
15. Ethical Issues in the Psychological Assessment of Chronic Pain Patients	243	(16)
C. David Tollison and Donald W. Hinnant
16. Ethical Issues in the Medical Assessment and Subsequent Treatment of Chronic Pain	259	(18)
Nelson Hendler
17. Clinical Practice Guidelines: Practical and Ethical Issues in Their Development and Implementation	277	(18)
Alexandra Campbell
18. Ethical Issues in Chronic Pain Research	295	(12)
Robert J. Gatchel, Perry N. Fuchs, and Colin Allen
Index	307