Inside This Book:

• Front Cover
• Advisory Board
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• About the Author
• Back Cover

Responsible Opioid Prescribing offers physicians effective strategies for reducing the risk of addiction, abuse and diversion of opioids that they prescribe for their patients in pain. Written by pain medicine specialist Scott M. Fishman, M.D., this concise handbook translates the Federation of State Medical Board's Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain into pragmatic steps for risk reduction and improved patient care, including:

• Patient evaluation, including risk assessment
• Treatment plans that incorporate functional goals
• Informed consent and prescribing agreements
• Periodic review and monitoring of patients
• Referral and patient management
• Documentation
• Compliance with state and federal law

Scott M. Fishman, M.D., is a leading pain medicine clinician, researcher, teacher, lecturer and writer. He is chief of the Division of Pain Medicine and professor of Anesthesiology at the University of California, Davis. Board-certified in Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Pain Medicine, Dr. Fishman is past president of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, author of The War on Pain and Listening to Pain, and coauthor of The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management and Essentials of Pain Medicine.