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This article, written by Martin Woodbridge, centres on increasing practitioners’ knowledge about drug misuse, and on advice to enhance professional judgement, attitudes and communication skills. Robust, New Zealand data are presented to explore the scale of the problem here, the influence of deprivation, and the impact of misuse on family/whānau and our communities. These data and hard-hitting case studies provide a backdrop to the clinical strategy – a set of “clinical tools” and enhanced referral capacity aimed at improving patient wellbeing and population health
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