Does anyone care about names? How attendees at substance misuse services like to be addressed by health professionals

European Addiction Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 75-79

  Keaney, Francis ^a   Strang, John ^a   Martinez Raga, Jose ^b,c   Spektor, David ^a   Manning, Victoria ^a   Kelleher, Michael ^a   Jones, Charlotte Wilson ^a   Wanagaratne, Shamil ^a   Sabater, Ana ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Unidad de Conductas Adictivas   (Spain)

^c Generalidad Valenciana ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Client; Health professionals; Patient; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 1542617831     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000076117     Document Type: Article

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