Self-Reported Practices in Opioid Management of Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Survey of Canadian Family Physicians

Michael JM Allen; Mark M Asbridge; Peter C MacDougall; Andrea D Furlan; Oleg Tugalev

doi:10.1155/2013/528645

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

Self-Reported Practices in Opioid Management of Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Survey of Canadian Family Physicians

Michael JM Allen,
Mark M Asbridge,
Peter C MacDougall,
Andrea D Furlan,
Oleg Tugalev

Affiliations

Michael JM Allen: Continuing Medical Education, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Mark M Asbridge: Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Peter C MacDougall: Department of Anesthesia, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Andrea D Furlan: Institute for Work and Health, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Oleg Tugalev: Rehabilitation Services, Woodstock General Hospital, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/528645
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 177 – 184

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: In May 2010, a new Canadian guideline on prescribing opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) was released. To assess changes in family physicians’ (FPs) prescribing of opioids following the release of the guideline, it is necessary to know their practices before the guideline was widely disseminated.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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