"Never Only Opioids" and the Joint Commission: toward a Conservative, Whole-system treatment standard for pain

John Weeks. Glob Adv Health Med. 2015 Jan.

. 2015 Jan;4(1):8-10.

doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2014.080.

No abstract available

Keywords: Joint Commission; Pain; cancer; complementary and alternative medicine; integrative medicine; opioids.

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