In defense of pain management

Well this seems to be coming up a lot lately. One of the things about working in a hospital is you get to see a lot of different opinions and cases from doctors from all areas of expertise. It gives everyone a well rounded education and frankly no matter where you are in your career it’s always good to keep up with the state of the art in your field and adjacent fields. I’m in the neurosurgery department so we get to talk a lot about the brain and spinal cord, which means pain is a frequent topic.

February 2, 2022 | Categories: 365 Days of Academia - Year three, Thoughts from the Lab | Tags: chronic pain, Education, health, health care, life, medicine, neurology, neuroscience, opioids, pain, science, writing | Leave a comment