Difficulties associated with outpatient management of drug abusers by general practitioners. A cross-sectional survey of general practitioners with and without methadone patients in Switzerland

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pelet, Anne ^a   Besson, Jacques ^b   Pécoud, Alain ^a   Favrat, Bernard ^a  

^a POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SWITZERLAND; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; METHADONE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 31444457178     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-51     Document Type: Article

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