Ethical and professional issues in pain technology: a challenge to supportive care.
Pain management, a primary focus of oncology care, is undergoing a technological boom. This paper provides an overview of the ethical and professional issues facing health care providers in the use of pain technology. Ethical issues including the concepts of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice are discussed in relation to pain management. The paper concludes with recommendations for clinical practice.
Ferrell
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City of Hope Medical Center, Nursing Research and Education, Duarte, CA 91010.
D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011788:Quality of Life; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000379:methods