There has been a noticeable deficiency in the implementation of addiction science in healthcare practice. Many physicians and healthcare providers
Moving on: helping young people
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Can Community First Responders reverse Cardiac arrests?
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Off the record: addictions in medical schools
“If it’s not recorded, it didn’t happen.” – An old saying We wanted to find out how much teaching on addiction get on medical students. In 2011,
General practice is a key route for distribution of naloxone in the community
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What do persons on methadone in primary care think about alcohol screening?
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Recipe for untangling complex healthcare
So there he was, with the boy's head in his hands. The boy was 12, but looked no more than 10 years old. He was deeply jaundiced and in a heroin