Chronic Pain Patient “Advocates” and Their Focus on Opiophilia: Barking Up the Wrong Tree?

Abstract

Michael E Schatman,1– 3 Hannah Shapiro3,4 1Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Care, and Pain Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA; 3School of Social Work, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; 4McLean Hospital, Division of Alcohol, Drugs, and Addiction, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence: Michael E SchatmanDivision of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USATel [phone]Email [email protected]

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