Journal of General Internal Medicine

, Volume 17, Issue 3, pp 238–240 | Cite as

Chronic pain and narcotics

A dilemma for primary care
  • Yngvild Olsen
  • Gail L. Daumit
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Yngvild Olsen
    • 1
  • Gail L. Daumit
    • 2
  1. 1.Division of General Internal MedicineJohns Hopkins Medical InstitutionsBaltimore
  2. 2.Division of General Internal MedicineJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions and Bloomberg School of Public HealthBaltimore

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