Drug misusers: Whose business is it?: Shared care can work well, but drug misusers still need specialist services

BMJ

Volumn 315, Issue 7108, 1997, Pages 559-560

  Farrel, Michael ^a   Gerada, Claire ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDLE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RESPONSIBILITY; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHIATRY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030880569     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7108.559     Document Type: Editorial

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