A case for opioid education and training for medical students, residents, and allied health staff: response to “educational intervention for physicians to address the risk of opioid abuse”

Anees Bahji, BScH, MD; Daenis Camiré, BScN, RN, MD

doi:10.5055/jom.2018.0452

Authors

Anees Bahji, BScH, MD
Daenis Camiré, BScN, RN, MD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2018.0452

Keywords:

opioid education, intervention, opioid abuse

Abstract

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Author Biographies

Anees Bahji, BScH, MD

Department of Psychiatry, Queen’s University, Providence Care Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Daenis Camiré, BScN, RN, MD

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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