What difference does training make? A randomized trial with waiting-list control of general practitioners seeking advanced training in drug misuse

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1637-1647

  Strang, John ^a   Hunt, Claire ^a   Gerada, Clare ^b   Marsden, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hurley Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behaviour; Drug misuse; GP; Knowledge; RCT; Study design; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG MISUSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548590242     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01929.x     Document Type: Article

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