Course 

HLT 305 Legal And Ethical Principles In Health Care

Instructions  

We have a growing opioid epidemic in the United States. What role does a medical professional have in combating this crisis? Discuss the importance of the National Opioid Reporting Database and educational responsibilities of health care providers. Please use references to support your response.

SOLUTION  

The United States has an increasing opioid epidemic that has been causing harm and ruining families for years now. “Opioids (including prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl) killed more than 33,000 people in 2015 – more than any year on record” (Frezza, 2019, pg 81). Nearly half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opiate. Medical professionals play a very important role in combatting this crisis and have an essential part of the solution to the epidemic of drug overdoses……please click the icon below to purchase the solution at $5