title: Check ... checkmate. Countering the con games of drug abusers.
abstract: Physicians can avoid being manipulated by drug-abusing patients by being aware of the games and strategies they may use. The first step is to call the game and recognize the conning behavior for what it really is. Only then can physicians stay ahead of the game.
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D006801:Humans; D008257:Machiavellianism; D010551:Personality; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*