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Pain management for people with serious illness in the context of the opioid use disorder epidemic
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- Book Synopsis
- "The United States is facing an opioid use disorder epidemic with opioid overdoses killing 47,000 people in the U.S. in 2017 (NASEM, 2019). The past three decades have witnessed a significant increase in the prescribing of opioids for pain, based on the belief that patients were being under treated for their pain, coupled with a widespread misunderstanding of the addictive properties of opioids. This increase in prescribing of opioids also saw a parallel increase in addiction and overdose. The 2
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780309492232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The National Academies Press, (01 July 2019)
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 229 x 152 mm
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