October 03, 2023

39. D is for Drug Diversion

38 minutes

Katharine and Lorien consider the anxiety of going through painful procedures unmedicated .

Sources:

https://apple.news/A11JUKU_eSSGji6LkcMbgKA

https://americanaddictioncenters.org/fentanyl-treatment/fentanyl-abuse-in-the-hospital

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2018/12/02/two-nurses-died-of-overdoses-inside-a-dallas-hospital-what-went-wrong/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_diversion

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/99893-healthcare-looks-to-ai-to-prevent-drug-diversion

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/insider/the-reverberations-of-pain-and-its-dismissal.html

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/10/17/yale-to-pay-doj-308k-following-fertility-clinic-allegations-dozens-of-victims-move-to-sue/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/04/14/florida-nurse-catherine-dunton-pleads-guilty-swapping-fentanyl-saline/11667821002/

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By Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally

1616 ratings