Alcohol-history taking by nurses and doctors - how accurate are they really?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 509-513

  Burns, Lucinda ^a,b   Adams, Meredith ^a  

^a LMB 961 ^*

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING AUDIT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031085462     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025509.x     Document Type: Article

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