Problem gamblers: Do GPs want to intervene?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1111, 2000, Pages 204-207

  Sullivan, Sean ^a   Arroll, Bruce ^a   Coster, Gregor ^a   Abbott, Max ^b   Adams, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FAMILY PRACTICE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 0034625232     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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