Dr. Andrew Esch, Senior Education Advisor at the Center to Advance Palliative Care, shares why it’s so important that palliative care specialists are so well trained in opioid management and how it improves patient quality of life.

CAPC’s clinical training unit, Chronic Pain Strategies for Patients with Serious Illness, provides a comprehensive approach to chronic pain management, risk mitigation, assessing opioid misuse, and assisting with access to treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) for patients living with serious illness. It addresses the connection between chronic pain, OUD and substance use disorder, and serious illness, and covers factors that impact decision-making for medically complex patients. Get Started - https://www.capc.org/chronicpain