Clinicians Often Use Stigmatizing Language for OUD Patients

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About 85% of patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are described in clinical notes as being abusers, addicts, junkies, or with other stigmatizing terms, preliminary results of a new study suggest. Female healthcare providers and social workers used stigmatizing language at a relatively high rate, investigators found. The researcher also showed that demeaning language was […]

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Publish date : 2024-05-06 20:09:06

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