The Employee Assistance Program as a model of care for addicted colleagues: Peer Assistance, by nurses for nurses

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 41-48

  Pace, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Peer Assistance Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Employees; Nurses; Peer assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 20544461304     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17459265200200025     Document Type: Review

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