Recovery and Personal Safety

Professional addiction treatment has a number of laws and guidelines to dictate ethics, safety, and privacy of patients. When patients are referred to other, additional assistance they may feel these same measures are in place. That may not be the case. This article makes suggestions in five areas on how that can be improved.

·Due Diligence Prior to Referral
·Safety Cautions at Point of Referral
·Active Monitoring of Patient Response to Referral
·Providing Emotional Support
·Supporting Patients Seeking Redress

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