Opioid Treatment Agreements and Patient Accountability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20335402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Larisa Svirsky (0000-0001-8786-6971, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 46-49 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Hastings Center Report (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-0334 • E-ISSN: 1552-146X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/hast.1273 |
| PMID | 34255363 |
| OpenAlex | W3182877494 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 9 |
Opioid treatment agreements are written agreements between physicians and patients enumerating the risks associated with opioid medications along with the requirements that patients must meet to receive these medications on an ongoing basis. The choice to use such agreements goes beyond the standard informed consent process and has a distinctive symbolic significance. Specifically, it suggests that physicians regard it as important to hold their patients accountable for adhering to various protocols regarding the use of their opioid medications. After laying out a taxonomy of accountability relations between physicians and patients, I argue that opioid treatment agreements are justifiable for physicians to use in their provision of care only if they improve patient or public health outcomes, which has yet to be demonstrated
Accountability · Business · Health care · Opioid · Political science · Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints · Internal Medicine · Law · Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |