Access to opioids remains a significant issue in palliative care across the United States, particularly in underserved communities where shortages and prescribing barriers are compromising the quality of care.
A research team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai investigated how efforts to curb opioid overdoses in the general population may be unintentionally harming patients who rely on these medications for pain relief at the end of life.
“The opioid crisis of overdose deaths