“The elephant in the room;” a qualitative study of perinatal fears in opioid use disorder treatment in Southern Appalachia

Abstract Background Diagnoses of perinatal opioid use disorder (OUD) continue to rise in the United States. Patients and providers report obstacles to OUD treatment access. Difficulties include legal ambiguity related to Social Services notification requirements following a birth to people using opi...

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Main Authors: Catherine Leiner, Tamara Cody, Nathan Mullins, Melinda Ramage, Bayla M. M. Ostrach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-021-03596-w