ACEP E-QUAL 46: Opioids and Social Emergency Medicine

Academic Life in Emergency Medicine

In this episode from ACEP E-QUAL, Dr. Elizabeth Samuels discusses a social emergency medicine approach to opioid use disorder.

• Guest: Elizabeth A. Samuels, MD MPH MHS, Brown Emergency Medicine
• Host: Jason Woods MD

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