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The Opioid Epidemic
- Narrator
- Laural Merlington
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 24 September 2019
- Run Time
- 9 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, nonpartisan overview of the causes, politics, and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time. Its comprehensive approach and Q&A format offer listeners a practical path to understanding the epidemic from all sides: the basic science of opioids; the nature of addiction; the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic; effective approaches to helping individuals, families, communities, and national policy; and common myths related to opioid addiction.
Written by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences in the crosshairs of this epidemic, this book is a critical resource for any general listener—and for the individuals and families fighting this fight in their own lives.
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Details
- Author
- Joshua M. Sharfstein, Yngvild Olsen
- Narrator
- Laural Merlington
- Duration
- 9 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9781400196623
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Medicine: general issues, Public health and preventive medicine, Addiction and therapy, Self-help, personal development and practical advice, Pain and pain management, Psychology, Coping with addiction
Synopsis
The opioid epidemic is responsible for longest sustained decline in US life expectancy since the time of World War I and the Great Influenza. In 2017, nearly 50,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose—with an estimated two million more living with opioid addiction every day. The Opioid Epidemic: What Everyone Needs to Know is an accessible, nonpartisan overview of the causes, politics, and treatments tied to the most devastating health crisis of our time. Its comprehensive approach and Q&A format offer listeners a practical path to understanding the epidemic from all sides: the basic science of opioids; the nature of addiction; the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic; effective approaches to helping individuals, families, communities, and national policy; and common myths related to opioid addiction. Written by two expert physicians and enriched with stories from their experiences in the crosshairs of this epidemic, this book is a critical resource for any general listener—and for the individuals and families fighting this fight in their own lives.
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