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Jeremy Hirst, MD, on My Patient Needs Opiates and Benzodiazepines: What Should I Do?

2017 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Jeremy Hirst, MD, of the University of California, San Diego, offers concrete advice on assessing the need for these medications, using them safely, and knowing when to deprescribe them.



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