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Edition
First edition.
Description
xiii, 297 pages ; 24 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
Summary
A bioethicist's memoir of opioid dependence and withdrawal exposes the American health care system's failures at managing the use of opioids for pain relief and reveals the lack of resources and structures to handle the nationwide epidemic of opioid addiction.