Monthly Archives: March 2018

Emergency Medical Services, Survival, and a Nightmare: Ethics 101 (by Jonathan Mayer)

Posted on March 24, 2018 by epihealth

Early in my career, much of my research centered around determinants of survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest. Coming from a background in geographical and spatial epidemiology, it was axiomatic that location of facilities was very important, or even … Continue reading →

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There is no one “opioid epidemic”

Posted on March 17, 2018 by epihealth

I am now spending more time on pain and opioid research than I am on infectious diseases. There’s a dearth of knowledge on the epidemiology of chronic pain. What we keep on hearing about, though, is “the opioid epidemic.” I … Continue reading →

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