Podcast 286: Talking about addiction treatment by candlelight from Ukraine’s Donetsk region

03/21/22 • 19 min

Dr. Natalia Shevchuk (pictured above) treats substance use disorders in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Her face is candlelit because her town is under curfew, and people aren’t allowed to put on their room lights (if they have electricity) in the hours of darkness, lest Russian bombardments use the lights as guides. She talked with Dr. Ali Raja [...]

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