Denial of pain medication by health care providers predicts in-hospital illicit drug use among individuals who use illicit drugs

Pain Research and Management

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 84-88

  Ti, Lianping ^a   Voon, Pauline ^a   Dobrer, Sabina ^a   Montaner, Julio ^a   Wood, Evan ^a   Kerr, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Canada; Drug use; Health services; Pain management

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; ANALGESIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENIAL; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84926436167     PISSN: 12036765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/868746     Document Type: Article

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