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Episode #19: SUDs Require Socioeconomic Remedies as well as Individualized Clinical Care
September 18, 2024 · 52 min

Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar applies her background— family medicine, public health, and addiction medicine— to conscientious, respectful, individualized clinical care to people with substance use disorders, including their medical complications. She reminds us all, however, not to stop there. For lasting change, we must also think about and intervene on the “broader social and economic factors” that initiate harm “upstream” from our hospitals and clinics.