Almost all of polled physicians expressed that the fear of government regulation had at least some impact on their pain management practice, a survey found.
Of the 200 health care professionals asked to assess their level of fear, nearly half said that the threat of regulation had "significant" or "high" impact on their practice. Approximately 90% reported at least "low" impact.
"Clearly, increased regulation would have a disastrous, chilling effect on care givers' ability to manage patients' bona fide, diagnosed pain," said American Society of Pain Educators Executive Director B. Elio...
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