Sow while all hospital-based clinicians treat medical complications of addictions every day, that doesn't mean we're necessarily comfortable providing hospital inpatients with evidence-based care for their underlying addiction. 4/ https://t.co/h5cAmt4Y7j
3/ And yet most internists & residents lack comfort with diagnosis & management of substance use disorders. Traditionally, we’d rather focus on the alcohol-related cirrhosis or cardiomyopathy and leave the substance use to someone else! https://t…
Some physicians view substance use as a crime and a choice! Wakeman et al: Substance Abuse: Vol 37, No 4 https://t.co/YDc7Dun7YN
Attitudes, practices, and preparedness to care for patients with substance use disorder [a] https://t.co/wnqsFdZCRP HT @MassGeneralNews