Drunken patients in the general hospital: Their care and management

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 953, 2005, Pages 161-166

  Malone, D ^a   Friedman, T ^a  

^a Leicestershire Partnership Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METADOXINE;

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; DRUNKENNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 15244338558     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.024703     Document Type: Review

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