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Hospital policies can create barriers to good management of opioid withdrawal

BMJ 2022; 379 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o2860 (Published 02 December 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;379:o2860
  1. Helen Saul, editor in chief1,
  2. Deniz Gursul, , research dissemination officer1,
  3. Brendan Deeney, science writer1,
  4. Magdalena Harris, associate professor in the sociology of health2,
  5. Adam Holland, honorary research fellow2
  1. 1NIHR Evidence, Grange House, Twickenham, UK
  2. 2London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
  1. Correspondence to H Saul NIHRAlerts{at}nihr.ac.uk

The study

Harris M, Holland A, Lewer D, et al. Barriers to management of opioid withdrawal in hospitals in England: a document analysis of hospital policies on the management of substance dependence. BMC Med 2022;20:151.

To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/many-hospital-policies-create-barriers-to-good-management-of-opioid-withdrawal/

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: The BMJ has judged that there are no disqualifying financial ties to commercial companies. The authors declare the following other interests: none.

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