Postoperative Pain Management Among Dominican and American Health-Care Providers: A Qualitative Analysis

Conclusions:
Our findings suggest that cross-cultural comparisons provide insight into how opioid prescribing practices, approaches to the patient-provider relationship, and medication access inform distinct pain management strategies in American and Dominican surgical settings. Integrating lessons from cross-cultural pain management studies may yield more effective pain management strategies for surgical procedures performed in the United States and abroad.

Source: JBJS - June 14, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Devine, C. A., Yu, A., Kasdin, R. G., Bogart, L. M., Davis, A. M., Alcantara Abreu, L., Ghazinouri, R., Thornhill, T. S., Katz, J. N. Tags: Hip, Knee, Pain Management The Orthopaedic Forum Source Type: research