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by Lee K, Freeburn B, Ella S, Miller W, Perry J, Conigrave K
Book section
| Year |
2012 |
| Book title |
Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work |
| City |
Sydney |
| Publisher |
University of Sydney |
| Page |
139-158 |
| Isbn |
9781742102672 (hard copy)
9781742102689 (online) |
Abstract
This chapter is from the Handbook for Aboriginal alcohol and drug work and provides information for alcohol and other drug (AOD) workers on opioids, including:
- opioid use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- commonly used opioids
- opioids' effects on the body
- how to recognise harms from opioid use
- how to recognise opioid dependence
- how to recognise opioid withdrawal
- how to assess a client who uses opioids
- how to help a person who uses opioids
- opioid overdose
- reducing opioid-related harms if a client cannot will not quit
- preventing opioid use.
Abstract adapted from the University of Sydney
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