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Opioid Prescribing Practices and Training Needs of Québec Family Physicians for Chronic Noncancer Pain.

Élise RoyRichard J CôtéDenis HamelPierre-André DubéÉric LangloisMaud Emmanuelle LabesseChristiane ThibaultAline Boulanger
Published in: Pain research & management (2017)
This study provides insights into Québec family physicians' concerns, practices, and needs with respect to the management of CNCP. Physicians' difficulties around the application of strategies to mitigate the problem of opioid abuse and addiction are worrying. The need to better train physicians in the field of pain and addiction cannot be emphasized enough.
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