For This Patient, Opioids for Pain Resulted in Suicide, Court Settlement
MedMal Insider
English - August 01, 2017 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine patient safety medmal medical malpractice error informed consent liability colorectal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Culture Helped, Hurt in this Dosage Error
Next Episode: NP Misses Fatal Illness on Phone with Patient’s Dad
The patient had a history of suicidality when her psychiatrist referred her to a sleep specialist. Three weeks after the second doctor increased her oxycodone dose to treat restless leg syndrome, the patient used the drug to kill herself.