TY - JOUR
T1 - An Assessment of Hospital Care for the Alcoholic Patient
AU - Westermeyer, Joseph
AU - Doheny, Steven
AU - Stone, Beth
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1978/1
Y1 - 1978/1
N2 - Current medical practice, vis‐à‐vis chemical dependency, was assessed in a university hospital setting. Findings indicate that the majority of physicians and nurses at this facility (1) did not take adequate alcohol and drug use histories, (2) did not identify chemical dependency as a medical problem even when they knew dependency was present, and (3) did not involve themselves in treatment or treatment recommendations even when the problem was identified.
AB - Current medical practice, vis‐à‐vis chemical dependency, was assessed in a university hospital setting. Findings indicate that the majority of physicians and nurses at this facility (1) did not take adequate alcohol and drug use histories, (2) did not identify chemical dependency as a medical problem even when they knew dependency was present, and (3) did not involve themselves in treatment or treatment recommendations even when the problem was identified.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb04694.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb04694.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 345854
AN - SCOPUS:0017917277
SN - 0145-6008
VL - 2
SP - 53
EP - 58
JO - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
JF - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
IS - 1
ER -
