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Blaustein pain treatment center

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The 'moral imperative' of treating opioid withdrawal

Published Jan 9, 2017

After harrowing experience with painkillers, Hopkins bioethicist says doctors must do more to help patients through withdrawal

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The trouble with treating pain

Published Fall 2014

Pain afflicts millions of lives and costs millions of dollars; treating it has proved to be extraordinarily hard. / Johns Hopkins Magazine