Members of the Blackfeet Tribal Health System, including its medical director and CEO, have alleged that the health center’s prescribing practices have endangered patients.
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- TED McDERMOTT
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Dr. Mary DesRosier’s whole life has been built on “medicine, Blackfeet, helping and healing.”
- TED McDERMOTT
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Some believe a tribal clinic with a pain-management program was fueling harm by flooding the Blackfeet Nation with opioids. Supporters saw it as a haven for suffering patients.
- Heidi Overman
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- Robert Raffa, PhD, Foothills
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- Barbara Barr Bengen
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- Sierra Blaser
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- By Keith Roach, M.D.
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- Eddie Celaya
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- MICHELLE ANDREWS Kaiser Health News
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A recently enacted New York law aims to ensure that naloxone is available if needed by people who take prescription opioids.