How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain

<p>Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of <em>The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain</em>.</p> <p>This podcast is intended for US healthcare professionals only.</p> <p>To read a full transcript of this episode or to comment please visit:</p> <p>https://www.medscape.com/features/public/machine</p> <p>Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape</p> <p>Abraham Verghese, MD, Physician, author, and educator; Professor and Vice Chair, Theory & Practice of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California</p> <p>Haider Warraich, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Director, Heart Failure Program, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA</p> <p><em>The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain</em>. https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/haider-warraich/the-song-of-our-scars/9781541675292/</p> <p>You may also like:</p> <p>Medscape's Chief Cardiology Correspondent Dr John M. Mandrola's This Week In Cardiology</p> <p>https://www.medscape.com/twic</p> <p>Discussions on topics at the core of cardiology and the practice of medicine with Dr Robert A. Harrington and guests on The Bob Harrington Show</p> <p>https://www.medscape.com/author/bob-harrington</p> <p>For questions or feedback, please email: news@medscape.net</p>