New in the Hastings Center Report: Ethical challenges of the opioid crisis

(The Hastings Center) The nationwide surge in drug abuse predates the Covid-19 pandemic but has risen to new highs during it. Causes of the crisis--physician prescribing habits and societal problems like poverty and joblessness--and the implications solutions may have for pain treatment, are explored in three essays.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news