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Rethinking “doing well” on chronic opioid therapy

David N. Juurlink
CMAJ October 02, 2017 189 (39) E1222-E1223; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170628
David N. Juurlink
Divisions of General Internal Medicine and of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
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vol. 189 no. 39 E1222-E1223
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170628
PubMed 
28970259
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  • Published online October 1, 2017.
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  1. David N. Juurlink, MD PhD⇑
  1. Divisions of General Internal Medicine and of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
  1. Correspondence to: David Juurlink, dnj{at}ices.on.ca

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