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The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know (R)
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The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know ®

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An incisive, essential guide to understanding one of today’s most urgent - and complex - problems.

The opioid epidemic is responsible for the first sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the 1960s. In 2017, more than 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose-to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands who live with some measure of opioid addiction every day.

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know ® is an accessible, nonpartisan overview of the causes, politics, and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time. Its comprehensive approach and Q&A format offer readers a practical path to understanding the epidemic from all sides. This includes:

* the basic science of opioids
* the nature of addiction * the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic * effective approaches to helping individuals, families, communities, and national policy * myths and common misunderstandings related to opioid addiction

Written by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences the crosshairs of this epidemic, this book is a critical resource for any general reader - and for the individuals and families fighting this fight in their own lives.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Date
11 June 2019
Pages
336
ISBN
9780190916039

An incisive, essential guide to understanding one of today’s most urgent - and complex - problems.

The opioid epidemic is responsible for the first sustained decline in U.S. life expectancy since the 1960s. In 2017, more than 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose-to say nothing of the hundreds of thousands who live with some measure of opioid addiction every day.

The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know ® is an accessible, nonpartisan overview of the causes, politics, and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time. Its comprehensive approach and Q&A format offer readers a practical path to understanding the epidemic from all sides. This includes:

* the basic science of opioids
* the nature of addiction * the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic * effective approaches to helping individuals, families, communities, and national policy * myths and common misunderstandings related to opioid addiction

Written by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences the crosshairs of this epidemic, this book is a critical resource for any general reader - and for the individuals and families fighting this fight in their own lives.

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Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Date
11 June 2019
Pages
336
ISBN
9780190916039