Clinical Highlights from the 2020 Midyear: Opioid Tapering in Palliative Care — Stepping into the Mist of the Unknown

The opioid needs for a palliative care patient do not follow the same rules as pain management. In this highlight from the 2020 Midyear Clinical Meeting, content matter experts from the Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners compare and contrast the difference in therapy goals between opioid tapering in the palliative care population and the general population and compare possible opioid tapering regimens for both a general population patient and a palliative care patient.

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