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Do no harm : the opioid epidemic

Wiland, Harry (author.). Segall, Peter, (author.). Benjamin, Georges, (writer of foreword.).

Summary: "Do No Harm: The Opioid Epidemic follows author and director, Harry Wiland as he works to unearth the history and truth behind America's rampant opioid crises, and investigates how this crisis ballooned into an epidemic fueled by Big Pharma's ploys, the medical community's obliviousness, and policymakers lack of oversight"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781684423231
ISBN: 1684423236
ISBN: 9781684423248
ISBN: 1684423244
Physical Description: print
335 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : Turner Publishing Company, [2019]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Origins of a crisis -- Ancient times to modern medicine -- Science of pain and pain medicine -- The Sackler Brothers -- Purdue Pharma -- The disease of addiction -- PROP -- Understanding addiction -- Medically assisted treatment (MAT) or abstinence? -- Public health campaigns and legal actions -- The beginning of the end? -- Changing the culture, ending the crisis.