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This paper summarises the current opioid crisis in Australia and offers recommendations and strategies where chiropractic, on both an individual practitioner and professional level, can engage with the problem, with a view to mitigating the risks of harm of opioid overuse. The authors also describe how engaging with the opioid crisis may indeed assist in promoting and lobbying for evidence-based, guideline-concordant management for non-cancer spinal pain.
Author keywords: Opioid Crisis, Chiropractic, Back Pain, Evidence-based Practice, Guideline Adherence
Author affiliations: GP-S, LA-W, MS: Private practice, Australia; GP-S, LA-W: College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Discipline of Chiropractic, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia; MS: Director, Council on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI); MS: Deputy Chair, Council on Chiropractic Education Australasia (CCEA); MS: Deputy Chair, Health Professions Accreditation Collaborative Forum
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