Stigma and bias in pain care are real, and even inadvertently, clinicians can contribute to that stigma through language, documentation and treatment approaches.
“Pain is always a personal experience and can change, and a person’s report of an experience as pain should be respected,” said Tanya Uritsky, PharmD, the opioid stewardship coordinator at Penn Medicine, in Philadelphia, during a session at the ASHP Midyear 2024 Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, in New