Global perspectives on opioid use: shifting the conversation from deprescribing to quality use of medicines.

BMJ Qual Saf

Monash Addiction Research Centre (MARC), Eastern Health Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Frankston, Victoria, Australia.

Published: November 2024

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