The Management of Chronic Pain; Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Case for a Renewed Focus on Provider, Patient, and Payer Education

Talal W Khan; Farnad Imani

doi:10.5812/aapm.40951

The Management of Chronic Pain; Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Case for a Renewed Focus on Provider, Patient, and Payer Education

Anesth Pain Med. 2016 Dec 3;7(1):e40951. doi: 10.5812/aapm.40951. eCollection 2017 Feb.

Authors

Talal W Khan¹, Farnad Imani²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, United States.
² Pain Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.

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Keywords: Alternative Pain Therapy; CDC; Chronic Pain; Comprehensive Care; Health-Care; Kansas Partnership for Pain Management; Medication Compliance; NIH; National Pain Strategy; Opioid Addiction; Opioids; Pain Assessment; Pain Management; Project ECHO; Provider Education; Public Education; Quality of Life; Rural Health Care.