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ihlr-16625	Jones, Macon	Protecting Dr. Smith While Treating the Chronic Pain of Mrs. Jones: Why the Indiana Medical Licensing Board Should Pass Guidelines for Using Controlled Substances for Pain Treatment	2012	36	.pdf	application/pdf	16443	991	60	The survey included information on physician attitudes to­ wards chronic pain treatment, physician pain management education, and reasons why physicians are reluctant to prescribe opioids.115 The most in­ teresting discovery was that when asked to define the greatest barrier to ad­ dressing pain, thirty-two percent of respondents answered that they were afraid their patients would become addicted to opioids, and only five per­ cent stated it was fear of regulatory scrutiny.116 Considering all of the liter­ ature and reports that cite fear of regulatory scrutiny as a primary barrier to proper pain treatment, it was the sixth of seven reasons stated as the cause of inadequate pain treatment in Michigan.117 While Michigan respondents were not asked why they felt this way, one can reasonably conclude that the clarity of the law in Michigan has significantly lowered its physicians' con- 107. Further, this Note will consider several disciplinary actions and criminal convictions of Indiana physicians who have been disciplined for their prescribing practices and compare Indiana law and regulations with the efforts of Michigan in the area of pain management using controlled substances.	cache/ihlr-16625.pdf	txt/ihlr-16625.txt