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Addiction Treatment Within U.S. Correctional Facilities: Bridging the Gap Between Current Practice and Evidence-Based Care

Sarah E. WakemanDepartment of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Providence, Rhode Island, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD &
Josiah D. RichCenter for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;Division of Infectious Diseases, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
, MD, MPH
Pages 220-225 | Published online: 20 Aug 2015

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