TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ethical Issues and Problems of Physician Trust in the Chronic Pain Patient A1 - Richeimer, Steven H. A1 - Weinstein, Faye M. A1 - Victor, Lisa A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. A2 - Wootton, R. Joshua A2 - Warfield, Carol A. PY - 2016 T2 - Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e AB - The focus of the ethics literature regarding pain management has shifted from issues related to the treatment of patients experiencing terminal pain to the concept of pain management as a human right1 for patients with nonmalignant pain. International, federal, and state initiatives; new guidelines and standards; and numerous studies that document the high costs of chronic pain have fueled this attention to untreated or undertreated pain in nonterminal patients. Thus, the new ethical pressure to provide pain medication to patients with nonmalignant pain may be experienced by physicians as putting them in legal jeopardy. This is complicated further by Hall and Boswell's1 assertion that there is no clear legal or ethical basis for pain management as a right; others conclude that failure to treat pain is a breach of human rights.2 Hellman3 examines whether trusting patients even constitutes a legitimate and accepted medical practice, although she provides a compelling argument that doctors can be morally justified in trusting patients’ reports of pain. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/13 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131939957 ER -