Difficult Conversations
How to talk about changes to pain management plans or tapering opioids.
Guiding principles and strategies that can help primary care providers discuss SUDs with patients while promoting a safe environment.
Due to complex presentations of addictive behaviors and medical comorbidities, it’s essential for healthcare providers to acknowledge and assess factors that generate dissonance between the patient and the physician.
Learn how to assess pain, decide on functional goals, and taper opioids in a clinically realistic scenario.
Provides key principles, language suggestions, and specific scripts to help providers navigate difficult opioid conversations.
Examples of how to identify common traps respond to possible questions and scenarios a patient may present.
Five-step process for navigating challenging patient conversations.
