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. 2018 Feb;64(2):101-102.

Will the new opioid guidelines harm more people than they help? Yes

Romayne Gallagher¹, Lydia Hatcher²

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¹ Palliative care physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine with Providence Health Care and Clinical Professor in the Division of Palliative Care at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. rgallagher@providencehealth.bc.ca.
² Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Chief of Family Medicine at St Joseph's Healthcare.

PMID: 29449237
PMCID: PMC5964381

Will the new opioid guidelines harm more people than they help? Yes

Romayne Gallagher et al. Can Fam Physician. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;64(2):101-102.

Authors

Romayne Gallagher¹, Lydia Hatcher²

Affiliations

¹ Palliative care physician in the Department of Family and Community Medicine with Providence Health Care and Clinical Professor in the Division of Palliative Care at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. rgallagher@providencehealth.bc.ca.
² Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, and Chief of Family Medicine at St Joseph's Healthcare.

PMID: 29449237
PMCID: PMC5964381

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