Death Letter
The researchers were interested in whether receipt of such a letter would cause the physician to be more cautious in prescribing in future. The answer: It did.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 27, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
The researchers were interested in whether receipt of such a letter would cause the physician to be more cautious in prescribing in future. The answer: It did.
by C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2022 | Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 28, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 28, 2022 | Addiction | 1 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 16, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Aug 12, 2021 | Addiction | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 8, 2021 | In the News | 0 |
I heard one man exclaim in a packed hospital waiting room. “It’s her damn job. She took an oath.” I was struck by his sense of entitlement. And I could envision how, enhanced by withdrawal and desperation, it could turn violent.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 10, 2020 | Public Policy | 0 |
Smaller government is not always better government. It shouldn’t take a major health crisis to remind us.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 23, 2020 | Addiction | 0 |
His attending physician seems to have attempted to address alcoholism before, with little or no success. This may represent a last chance.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 11, 2020 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
That is not the doc’s fault, and frankly, it isn’t really James’, either. It’s what happens where addiction rules. If not at that moment, then the next.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 29, 2018 | Prevention, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
It’s these outdated attitudes towards addictions that enable the healthcare professional to ignore important information provided by the patient.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Nov 19, 2018 | In the News | 0 |
Think physician practices and pharmacies and specialty clinics who began with a lucrative sideline that may now be their main source of revenue.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 18, 2018 | Addictive Substances, Thinking About Addiction | 1 |
In the past, we’ve flung opioids at the problem, and haven’t developed alternatives.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 30, 2018 | In the News | 2 |
The real solution would have been for Prince to have received treatment for his drug problem, which by this time was a far bigger issue than his somatic pain.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 19, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
Too many doctors worry about “those people” showing up in the waiting room. They don’t particularly want to be known as a resource for the addicted.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 5, 2017 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
There’s no blood test, no scan to aid diagnosis. Knowing intellectually that one in ten will succumb is very little help; it has no practical value in terms of predicting an individual outcome.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 7, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians, Prevention | 1 |
Try thinking of the interaction between drug seeker and practitioner as type of negotiation where the two parties have very different goals.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 31, 2017 | Prevention | 0 |
There are just too many different forms of manipulation for any of us to be uniformly good at identifying them on the fly.
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