Clinical reasoning, clinical trials and risky drinkers in everyday primary care: A qualitative study of British general practitioners

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-397

  May, Carl ^a   Rapley, Tim ^a   Kaner, Eileen ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Brief interventions; Evidence based medicine; General practice; Physician patient relationship; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748714715     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350600609883     Document Type: Article

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