A pharmacist framework for implementation of the Canadian Guideline for Opioids for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain

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5}, Shelita Dattani^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy (Murphy), Toronto Rehab, University Health Network, Toronto.
² School of Pharmacy (Chang), University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
³ Canadian Pharmacists Association (Dattani), Ottawa.
⁴ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Sproule), Toronto.
⁵ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (Sproule), University of Toronto, Ontario.

Laura Murphy et al. Can Pharm J (Ott). 2019.

. 2019 Jan 3;152(1):35-44.

doi: 10.1177/1715163518818200. eCollection 2019 Jan-Feb.

Laura Murphy^{1

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3

4

5}, Feng Chang^{1

2

3

4

5}, Shelita Dattani^{1

2

3

4

5}, Beth Sproule^{1

2

3

4

5}

¹ Department of Pharmacy (Murphy), Toronto Rehab, University Health Network, Toronto.
² School of Pharmacy (Chang), University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
³ Canadian Pharmacists Association (Dattani), Ottawa.
⁴ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Sproule), Toronto.
⁵ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy (Sproule), University of Toronto, Ontario.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Statement of Conflicting Interests:None of the authors have conflicts of interest to disclose.

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