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. 2014 Summer;42(2):139-46.
doi: 10.1111/jlme.12129.

Treating pain in sickle cell disease with opioids: clinical advances, ethical pitfalls

Wally R Smith  1
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Treating pain in sickle cell disease with opioids: clinical advances, ethical pitfalls

Wally R Smith. J Law Med Ethics. 2014 Summer.

Abstract

This article explores the ethical principles of prescribing in Sickle Cell Disease. The first two sections of the article provide detailed scientific justification for the last section of the manuscript, which explores and discusses the ethical principles.

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