Use of Palliative Care Earlier in the Disease Course in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic: Educational, Research, and Policy Issues

JAMA. 2018 Sep 4;320(9):871-872. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.9739.

Authors

Yael Schenker¹, Jessica S Merlin¹, Timothy E Quill²

Affiliations

¹ Division of General Internal Medicine, Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² Palliative Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, New York.

PMID: 30098170
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2018.9739

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
Chronic Pain / drug therapy
Epidemics
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Pain Management / methods*
Palliative Care*
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Grants and funding

K23 MH104073/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States