December 21, 2021

ACEP E-QUAL 46: Opioids and Social Emergency Medicine

23 minutes

In this episode from ACEP E-QUAL, Dr. Elizabeth Samuels discusses a social emergency medicine approach to opioid use disorder.

Guest: Elizabeth A. Samuels, MD MPH MHS, Brown Emergency Medicine

Host: Jason Woods MD

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