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Doctors/Nurses

Chronic Pain Management - Dr. Colohan

Posted by Bill van Asperen

DrDesmondColohanIM.jpgWhen PEI's chronic pain doctor retires this fall... Dr. Desmond Colohan will be leaving a big gap in pain management care. But he has a few ideas how to fix that gap, and it includes giving nurse practitioners a bigger scope of practice -- such as writing prescriptions for opioids.

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