A Buprenorphine Pocket Card and Tool Kit Tailored to Palliative Care Clinicians: An Education and Implementation Cohort Study

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Authors

Katie Fitzgerald Jones · Harvard University

Jolie B. Wormwood · University of New Hampshire

William C. Becker · Yale University

Deborah Gurewich · Boston University

Amy M. Linsky · Boston University

Dirk Meier · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Jessica S. Merlin ·

Abstract

Palliative care clinicians ascribe a large degree of importance to prescribing buprenorphine but have knowledge and confidence gaps. The Bupe PC&TK can be readily implemented to increase clinician confidence and knowledge in prescribing buprenorphine to patients with serious illness.

Topics & Keywords

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Pain Management and Opioid Use Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Palliative Medicine

DOI: 10.1177/10966218261434104

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