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How Should a Physician Respond to a Patient's Pain When New Opioid Prescribing Laws Limit Shared Decision Making?

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This commentary responds to a case and examines pragmatic concerns about operating a busy outpatient practice in compliance with new laws that regulate opioid prescribing. Specifically, the article considers how… Click to show full abstract

This commentary responds to a case and examines pragmatic concerns about operating a busy outpatient practice in compliance with new laws that regulate opioid prescribing. Specifically, the article considers how regulating opioid prescribing can influence the therapeutic alliance in patient-physician relationships and how innovations in decision science can facilitate shared decision making given time constraints.

Keywords: decision; shared decision; opioid prescribing; decision making; patient

Journal Title: AMA journal of ethics
Year Published: 2019

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