Dealing With Another Doctor’s Errors, Safe Pain Management

Patrice Forget, MD, PhD (University of Aberdeen) discusses developments in safe pain management and the best evidence-based use of opioids in the current landscape. Dr. Forget is a recognized international expert on pain management and recently published an overview on this topic in Lancet. Also, Dr. MedLaw shares her clinical and legal perspective on dealing with another doctor’s errors. Dr. MedLaw explores the issue of whether doctors who notice these errors become legally liable if they do not intervene in the event of a worsening medical situation.

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Additional reading: 

Forget P, Hauser W. Europe has much to do to improve the quality of and access to safe pain management. Lancet. 2023;401(10389):P1651. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00669-4

Forget P. Prescribing and deprescribing opioids. Pain. 2022;163(1):1-2. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002299 

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