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Family doctors are experiencing “substantial” abuse by patients seeking powerful narcotic painkillers and other controlled drugs, new Canadian research shows.
Overall, about half of family physicians surveyed during a continuing medical education course at Dalhousie University in Halifax had experienced at least one incident of major abuse, 30 per cent reported having been abused repeatedly in the past month, and one in 10 had been stalked by patients. “Family physicians who prescribe controlled substances are at risk of........
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