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Analgesics
Data on analgesics detailed by D.M. Goldenbaum and co-authors
October 4th, 2008
In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To provide a ''big picture'' overview of the characteristics and outcomes of recent criminal and administrative cases in which physicians have been criminally prosecuted or charged by medical boards with offenses related to inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics. We identified as many criminal and administrative cases of these types as possible that occurred between 1998 and 2006." "Cases were identified using a wide variety of sources, including organizational and government agency databases, published news accounts, and Web sites. Factual characteristics of these cases and their...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-10-04)
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