Patient-provider e-mail communication as an adjunctive tool in addiction medicine

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Collins, Gregory B ^a,b   McAllister, Mark S ^a   Ford, Donald B ^b  

^a Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction medicine; Addiction specialists; Electronic mail; Patients

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COUNSELING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; E-MAIL; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; SELF EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; CASE REPORT; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ALCOHOLISM; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548413740     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v26n02_06     Document Type: Article

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