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Barriers To Medication-Assisted Opioid Recovery: An Integrative Review Of Literature, Emily Miller
Barriers To Medication-Assisted Opioid Recovery: An Integrative Review Of Literature, Emily Miller
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Abstract
Background: Opioid addiction has become one of the fastest growing epidemics sweeping the world, but despite the use of opioid agonist medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with methadone or buprenorphine having been found to be one of the most effective methods for treatment of this epidemic, there is still a significant gap between the number of people that need MAT and the number of people that actually receive MAT.
Objective: The purpose of this integrative literature review is to explore the barriers that prevent many addicts from receiving MAT and to identify strategies that may assist in eliminating these barriers in …