Implementing an Education Intervention for Prescription Opioid Pain Medication at Pediatric Trauma Centers.
Background: Adolescents treated in trauma centers are frequently prescribed opioid pain medication for pain management at hospital discharge. There has been an increase in adolescent opioid overdose deaths requiring additional education on risks associated with opioid pain medication use in this pop...
| Published in: | Substance Use & Misuse Vol. 61; no. 9; pp. 1477 - 1483 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2026
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