title: Debunking myths of negligence in pain management practice.
abstract: Pain management practitioners must meet the standard of care to avoid liability for malpractice. The Court of Appeals of Florida has recently reversed a jury verdict against a surgeon who provided pain management care to a patient who died after overdosing on opioids obtained from a different physician. The plaintiffs had contended that the surgeon breached the standard of care by failing to perform specific activities that would have prevented the patient from obtaining the drugs that cause her death. The appellate court rejected the plaintiffs' argument because the evidence failed to support malpractice liability of the surgeon.
authors: Department of Pharmacy Health Care Administration, PO Box 100484, Gainesville, FL 32611-0484, USA. brushwud@cop.ufl.edu
authors: David B
authors: DB
authors: Brushwood
mesh_terms: D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics