Physician assessments of drug seeking behavior: A mixed methods study.

<h4>Background</h4>Pain complaints are common, but clinicians are increasingly concerned about overuse of opioid pain medications. This may lead patients with actual pain to be stigmatized as "drug-seeking," or attempting to obtain medications they do not require medically. We...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Michael A Fischer, John B McKinlay, Jeffrey N Katz, Eric Gerstenberger, Felicia Trachtenberg, Lisa D Marceau, Lisa C Welch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178690&type=printable