Teaching internal medicine resident physicians about alcoholics anonymous: A pilot study of an educational intervention

Substance Abuse

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 5-11

  Rose, Adam J ^a,d   Stein, Melissa R ^b   Arnsten, Julia H ^b   Saitz, Richard ^a,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcoholics Anonymous; Housestaff; Internal medicine; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33751303470     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J465v27n03_02     Document Type: Article

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