Motorcycle Crash Shows Bioethicist The Dark Side Of Quitting Opioids Alone

Travis Rieder, author of In Pain: A Bioethicist

When medical bioethicist Travis Rieder tried to taper off pain medication after a roadway accident, he was disappointed by his doctors’ reaction: “Everybody had a reason to send me to somebody else.”

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