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01-02-2019 | Opioids | OPIOID PRESCRIBING AND PAIN MANAGEMENT / COMMENTARY

How HSS, the Most Trusted Educator in Musculoskeletal Health, Is Addressing the Opioid Crisis

Author: Louis A. Shapiro

Published in: HSS Journal ® | Issue 1/2019

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From the time we woke up this morning to the time we wake up tomorrow, an estimated 130 Americans will die of opioid overdose [5]. Every health care provider has a role in solving this crisis. If you are an emergency room physician, for example, the challenge may be different than if you are an orthopedic surgeon. Orthopedic surgeons work with patients whose conditions involve acute and chronic pain, and orthopedists therefore have one of the highest rates of opioid prescribing in the USA [6]. We therefore need to rely on varying perspectives in addressing the overdose epidemic. …

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Title: How HSS, the Most Trusted Educator in Musculoskeletal Health, Is Addressing the Opioid Crisis
Author: Louis A. Shapiro
Publication date: 01-02-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Opioids
Opioids
Published in: HSS Journal ® / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1556-3316
Electronic ISSN: 1556-3324
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11420-018-09660-0

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