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July 26, 2024 – For first-year medical students in Philadelphia, the beginning of their career in health care is often marked with ceremony, sacred oaths and, more recently, tools to combat the addiction epidemic. “Twenty years ago, addiction medicine was primarily in psychiatry, but now it’s every specialty,” said Dr. Abigail Kay, an addiction psychiatrist … “It’s saying to [students], this is a disease just like any other disease and it’s really important to treat patients who have this disease,” Kay said. “The reality is, we can’t treat a dead patient. And so, by keeping someone alive, you are giving them the possibility and the hope of moving forward in their recovery.”

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