‘I just need an opiate refill to get me through the weekend’
In this article, we discuss the ethical dimensions for the prescribing behaviours of opioids for a chronic pain patient, a scenario commonly witnessed by many physicians. The opioid epidemic in the USA and Canada is well known, existing since the late 1990s, and individuals are suffering and dying a...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2019
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Pages: 219-224 |
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