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Clinical Q & A

Barbara Holmes Gobel

nurse education, communication
CJON 2002, 6(2), 109-110. DOI: 10.1188/02.CJON.109-110

OxyContin® use by recreational users and people with substance abuse histories has received a great deal of media attention lately, and patients with cancer are worried that this medication—or any other opioids—will not be available when they need pain relief. What is being done about this and what can nurses do?

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