Opioid Misuse Epidemic: Addressing Opioid Prescribing and Organization Initiatives for Holistic, Safe, and Compassionate Care
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (2016a) state that the misuse and illicit use of prescription analgesic drugs and use of heroin have skyrocketed to epidemic proportions. Former Surgeon General Vivek Murtha’s report, Facing Addiction in America (2016) notes that 12.5 million Americans use...
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Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
2017
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| Online Access: | https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7416 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2017.07.001 |