@article {Morris120, author = {David B Morris}, title = { Optimal relief for pain at the end of life: a caregiver{\textquoteright}s tale}, volume = {44}, number = {2}, pages = {120--124}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1136/medhum-2017-011427}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {The current opioid crisis{\textemdash}driven partly by medical overprescription and partly by illegal drug abuse{\textemdash}is a significant cultural and professional dilemma in the USA and elsewhere. It has produced a strong reaction in favour of restricting medical use of opioids for pain, especially chronic pain. The author for a quarter century has written about pain from a biocultural perspective, and in this essay{\textemdash}based on his experience as primary caregiver for his late wife{\textemdash}he approaches the question of appropriate opioid use at the end of life.}, issn = {1468-215X}, URL = {https://mh.bmj.com/content/44/2/120}, eprint = {https://mh.bmj.com/content/44/2/120.full.pdf}, journal = {Medical Humanities} }