The Hardest Pill to Swallow
Dr. Tracy Jackson discusses chronic pain in her May 2016 TEDx Nashville event. Dr. Jackson, a Vanderbilt physician, researches and works in the chronic pain management field, and she discusses how and why the healthcare system’s current approach to chronic pain management is failing patients–and society as a whole–in her TEDx talk. Why does this matter? For healthcare providers, particularly those in the southern part of the United States, the prescribing of controlled substances for the management of chronic pain has become a hotly debated and highly regulated activity. For the protection of one’s license, and the safety of one’s patients, it is incumbent on healthcare providers to educate themselves on the most effective and safe ways to treat chronic pain. For those who aren’t healthcare providers? It still matters. Opioid overdose is the number one cause of accidental death in the U.S. (See, Tedx Talk, 8:10). Let that sink in for […]
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