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Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 10/2017

28.07.2017 | Editorial

Opioids and Substance Abuse: Education or Just Regulation?

verfasst von: Rebecca Andrews, MD, Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc

Erschienen in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Ausgabe 10/2017

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Hardly a week passes without a headline decrying opioid deaths, opioid addiction, new opioid prescribing laws, lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for opioids, or some other dimension of the “opioid epidemic.” This term reflects the pervasive and ubiquitous nature of the issue. Each time a physician sees a patient with a pain or addiction issue, there is some fear. However, physicians are not the only ones who are afraid; patients with acute and chronic pain also wonder with considerable anxiety whether their pain will be appropriately treated. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Opioids and Substance Abuse: Education or Just Regulation?
verfasst von
Rebecca Andrews, MD
Eric M. Mortensen, MD, MSc
Publikationsdatum
28.07.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Ausgabe 10/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Elektronische ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-017-4137-4

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