Roland Worz
Special Pain Therapy Clinical Geriatrics, Germany
Biography
Roland Worz is experienced with pain patients as a psychiatrist and neurologist since the 1970s. He owns a Master degree in Medicine Ethics. From 1975 to 1984, he was secretary of the German-speaking chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). He published over 200 scientific papers on pain and brought out ten books on this topic, especially dealing with abuse, dependence, and addiction to pain patients. A personal approach using complexity theory is needed to overcome the limitations of narrow nociceptive/neuropathic pain concepts and provide greater consideration of the person. His goal is to avoid damages of opioid overuse by applying adequate personal treatment with appropriate assessment, history, and regular controls of chronic pain patients, as well as by considering ethical values.
Abstract
Abstract : Adequate treatment of pain patients as one preventive approach to opioid abuse