Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain: A Guide for Practitioners

Prescription opioids are dangerous in the hands of drug abusers, but they are also beneficial or even lifesaving for millions of people who otherwise would live with chronic pain. Clinicians who prescribe opioids are often caught between their professional obligation to relieve suffering and their desire to avoid contributing to the nonmedical consumption of controlled substances.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Sunrise River Press
Published: 06/01/2007
ISBN: 9780962481482
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.22h x 5.85w x 0.45d