Lessons Learned from the Expansion of Naloxone Access in Massachusetts and North Carolina

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 43, Issue s1, 2015, Pages 19-22

  Davis, Corey S ^b   Walley, Alexander Y ^a   Bridger, Colleen M ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH CAROLINA; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION;

DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NORTH CAROLINA; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84926158045     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12208     Document Type: Article

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