Different Forms of Stigma and Rural Primary Care Professionals' Willingness to Prescribe Buprenorphine

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Presents a study exploring the different types of stigma affecting buprenorphine and other medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) prescribing rates in rural primary care settings. Details perceived stigmas around MOUD by providers, such as the fear of being harmed by patients, fear of their professional image being harmed, and the fear of the medications harming their patients.

Berkeley Franz, Lindsay Y. Dhanani, Sean Bogart, et al.

Journal of Substance Use & Addiction Treatment, 171, 209633

04/2025

Illicit drug use · Population health · Prescription drug misuse · Primary care · Ohio