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Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy Volume 25, 2011 - Issue 4
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Awareness and Utilization of a Prescription Monitoring Program Among Physicians

Lance Feldman Lance Feldman, MD, MBA, BSN, is a Child-Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Penn State Hershey, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania USA.Correspondence[email protected]
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Kristi Skeel Williams Kristi Skeel Williams, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, General Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio USA.
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John Coates John Coates, MD, is a Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio USA.
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Michele Knox Michele Knox, PhD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, ACT Great Lakes Regional Center, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Kobacker Center, Toledo, Ohio USA.
Pages 313-317 | Received 12 May 2011, Accepted 12 Jul 2011, Published online: 21 Sep 2011

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