Whose Concerns? It's Time to Adjust the Lens of Research on Police-Involved Overdose Response

Affiliations

¹ Maya Doe-Simkins is with the Remedy Alliance, Cedar, MI. Taleed El-Sabawi is with the College of Law, Florida International University, Miami. Jennifer J. Carroll is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.

Editorial

Maya Doe-Simkins et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;112(9):1239-1241.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306988. Epub 2022 Jul 21.

¹ Maya Doe-Simkins is with the Remedy Alliance, Cedar, MI. Taleed El-Sabawi is with the College of Law, Florida International University, Miami. Jennifer J. Carroll is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI.

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