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| Other authors / contributors: | Ballantyne, Jane, 1948-
Tauben, David J.
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| ISBN: | 9780199978229
0199978220
9780199768882
0199768889
0199978220
9780199978236
0199978239
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Over the last several decades opioid treatment for chronic pain has become increasingly popular. From the sense that chronic pain had previously been undertreated, to drug companies anxious to sell new ""designer"" opioids, usage has increased several-fold. In its unfortunate history non-specialists were persuaded to prescribe opioids before they could possibly understand the complexity of the treatment. So great were the pressures to prescribe, opioids were prescribed indiscriminately. It became almost impossible to deny opioids without seeming inhumane
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| Other form: | Print version: Expert decision making on opioid treatment. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780199768882
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