Pain in the United States: Time for a Culture Shift in Expectations, Messaging, and Management

Affiliations

¹ Department of Social, Behavioral and Administrative Sciences, Touro College of Pharmacy, New York, New York.
² Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Editorial

F Ellen Loh et al. J Hosp Med. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;14(12):787-788.

doi: 10.12788/jhm.3277. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

¹ Department of Social, Behavioral and Administrative Sciences, Touro College of Pharmacy, New York, New York.
² Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Opioid Utilization and Perception of Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study of 11 Sites in 8 Countries.
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