Main description:

In the field of pain medicine, the interventions that can improve a patient's pain, mood, and functionality are only as effective as the patient's willingness to follow recommended treatment plans. Facilitating Treatment Adherence in Pain Medicine provides a practical guide to understanding and improving patient adherence with regards to both opioid and non-opioid pharmacotherapy, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain interventions, and use of biometrics and
behavioral techniques. The book also explores the ethics of dealing with patients who are non-adherent.

Facilitating Treatment Adherence in Pain Medicine is the first book to address the obstacle patient non-adherence poses to reaching therapeutic goals in pain medicine, making it an ideal resource for pain physicians and primary care physicians who manage patients with chronic pain.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Facilitating Treatment Adherence in Pain Medicine: Adherence-The Great Confounder!
Martin D. Cheatle and Perry G. Fine
Chapter 2: Treatment Adherence in Chronic Pain: Predictors, Models and a Role for Psychological Flexibility
Anthony M. Harrison, Christopher Graham, and Lance M. McCracken
Chapter 3: Adherence In Pharmacotherapy: Maximizing Benefit and Minimizing Risk
Marc O. Martel and Robert N. Jamison
Chapter 4: The Use of Drug Testing in Promoting Treatment Adherence in Pain Medicine
Howard A. Heit and Douglas L. Gourlay
Chapter 5: Adherence to Weight Loss and Physical Activity
E. Amy Janke and David E. Goodrich
Chapter 6: Biopsychosocial Approach to Improving Treatment Adherence in Chronic Pain
Martin D. Cheatle and Lara Dhingra
Chapter 7: Adherence in Pain Medicine: Ethical Considerations
Michael E. Schatman and Oscar J. Benitez