Alternatives to non-clinical regulation: Training doctors to deliver methadone maintenance treatment

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 315-322

  Bell, James ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Education; Methadone; Quality assurance; Staff training

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842540564     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359609005245     Document Type: Article

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