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Do Patients Have a Right to Complete Pain Relief?

  A new book presents an important new understanding of chronic pain and the role of  prescription  opioids. One that can help both troubled patients and their beleaguered doctors.  The  Right to Pain Relief and Other Deep Roots of the Opioid Epidemic. Oxford, 2023  Psychiatrist, philosopher, and pain expert Mark D. Sullivan and anesthesiologist and pain expert  Jane C. Ballantyne argues that changing our cultural concepts. And values ​​about pain and  opioids  they created the opioid epidemic. They support this idea with fascinating historical and  philosophical overview. Source:   Courtesy of the authors and publisher It wasn't until 1500 AD that people understood "why" they had pain: God wanted it as  punishment for their sins. This led them to work to atone for their sins to meet salvation.  Between  1500 and 1700 AD, this magical, all-powerful image of God gave way to deism. The idea  that once created he no...