They will appear in short essay form under this section.
Pain management is an area where there are numerous ethical controversies.
However, even major pain societies devote only a small percentage of time discussing ethics. While there are certainly many difficulties in the business side of a pain practice, the article left me with an ill feeling, as there are numerous ethical issues in pain management that we really should be addressing. It could be, if all other options have failed and the patient has shown functional improvement with chronic opioid therapy. Even an addict can develop chronic intractable pain. Even the best-intentioned private practitioner realizes that there are financial constraints in the treatment of a patient.