Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Published Ahead of Print
    • Archive
    • Supplemental Issues
    • Collections - French
    • Collections - English
  • Info for
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Advertisers
    • Careers & Locums
    • Subscribers
    • Permissions
  • About CFP
    • About CFP
    • About the CFPC
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
  • Feedback
    • Feedback
    • Rapid Responses
    • Most Read
    • Most Cited
    • Email Alerts
  • Blogs
    • Latest Blogs
    • Blog Guidelines
    • Directives pour les blogues
  • Mainpro+ Credits
    • About Mainpro+
    • Member Login
    • Instructions
  • Other Publications
    • http://www.cfpc.ca/Canadianfamilyphysician/
    • https://www.cfpc.ca/Login/
    • Careers and Locums

User menu

  • My alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
  • Other Publications
    • http://www.cfpc.ca/Canadianfamilyphysician/
    • https://www.cfpc.ca/Login/
    • Careers and Locums
  • My alerts
The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Articles
    • Current
    • Published Ahead of Print
    • Archive
    • Supplemental Issues
    • Collections - French
    • Collections - English
  • Info for
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Submit a Manuscript
    • Advertisers
    • Careers & Locums
    • Subscribers
    • Permissions
  • About CFP
    • About CFP
    • About the CFPC
    • Editorial Advisory Board
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
  • Feedback
    • Feedback
    • Rapid Responses
    • Most Read
    • Most Cited
    • Email Alerts
  • Blogs
    • Latest Blogs
    • Blog Guidelines
    • Directives pour les blogues
  • Mainpro+ Credits
    • About Mainpro+
    • Member Login
    • Instructions
  • RSS feeds
  • Follow cfp Template on Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
Research ArticleResearch

Can naloxone prescription and overdose training for opioid users work in family practice?

Perspectives of family physicians

Pamela Leece, Aaron Orkin, Rita Shahin and Leah S. Steele
Canadian Family Physician June 2015; 61 (6) 538-543;
Pamela Leece
Resident in the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
MD MSc CCFP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: pamela.leece@mail.utoronto.ca
Aaron Orkin
Clinical Public Health Fellow at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
MD MSc MPH CCFP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Rita Shahin
Associate Medical Officer of Health at Toronto Public Health and Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
MD MHSc FRCPC
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Leah S. Steele
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and Associate Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
MD PhD CCFP
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 61 no. 6 538-543
PubMed 
30207979

Published By 
The College of Family Physicians of Canada
Print ISSN 
0008-350X
Online ISSN 
1715-5258
History 
  • Published online June 12, 2015.

Copyright & Usage 
Copyright© the College of Family Physicians of Canada

Author Information

  1. Pamela Leece, MD MSc CCFP⇑
  1. Resident in the Public Health and Preventive Medicine Program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto in Ontario.
  1. Correspondence: Dr Pamela Leece; e-mail pamela.leece{at}mail.utoronto.ca
  1. Aaron Orkin, MD MSc MPH CCFP
  1. Clinical Public Health Fellow at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.
  1. Rita Shahin, MD MHSc FRCPC
  1. Associate Medical Officer of Health at Toronto Public Health and Adjunct Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
  1. Leah S. Steele, MD PhD CCFP
  1. Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and Associate Scientist in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.
View Full Text

Cited By...

  • 9 Citations
  • Google Scholar
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Canadian Family Physician: 61 (6)
Canadian Family Physician
Vol. 61, Issue 6
1 Jun 2015
  • Table of Contents
  • About the Cover
  • Index by author
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on The College of Family Physicians of Canada.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Can naloxone prescription and overdose training for opioid users work in family practice?
(Your Name) has sent you a message from The College of Family Physicians of Canada
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the The College of Family Physicians of Canada web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
Citation Tools
Can naloxone prescription and overdose training for opioid users work in family practice?
Pamela Leece, Aaron Orkin, Rita Shahin, Leah S. Steele
Canadian Family Physician Jun 2015, 61 (6) 538-543;

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Respond to this article
Share
Can naloxone prescription and overdose training for opioid users work in family practice?
Pamela Leece, Aaron Orkin, Rita Shahin, Leah S. Steele
Canadian Family Physician Jun 2015, 61 (6) 538-543;
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • METHODS
    • FINDINGS
    • DISCUSSION
    • Notes
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • Protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) randomised control trial
  • Establishment of a pharmacist-led service for patients at high risk for opioid overdose
  • Opiate addiction and overdose: experiences, attitudes, and appetite for community naloxone provision
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • Primary care reform in Alberta
  • Administrative burden in primary care
  • Burden of administrative responsibilities in primary care
Show more Research

Similar Articles

Subjects

  • Collection française
    • Résumés de recherche

Navigate

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
  • Collections - English
  • Collections - Française

For Authors

  • Authors and Reviewers
  • Submit a Manuscript
  • Permissions
  • Terms of Use

General Information

  • About CFP
  • About the CFPC
  • Advertisers
  • Careers & Locums
  • Editorial Advisory Board
  • Subscribers

Journal Services

  • Email Alerts
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram
  • RSS Feeds

Copyright © 2025 by The College of Family Physicians of Canada

Powered by HighWire