Ethical Issues – Pain Management
Ethical Issues – Pain Management
- Fear of hastening death by administering analgesics
- Requests for assisted suicide
- Use of placebo in pain assessment and treatment
- Gerontologic consideration
- Persistent pain is a problem associated with physical disability and psychosocial problems
- 50% to 80% of older adults are estimated to have chronic pain problems
- Most common painful conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Low back pain
- Chronic pain often results in
- Depression
- Sleep disturbance
- Decreased mobility
- Decreased health care utilization
- Physical and social role dysfunction.