Safe opioid prescribing: A long way to go

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 951-952

  Liebschutz, Jane M ^a   Alford, Daniel P ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; OPIATE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

CHRONIC PAIN; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEAMWORK; URINALYSIS; URINE DRUG TESTING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80052281935     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-011-1797-3     Document Type: Note

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