Asking patients about their drinking. A national survey among primary health care physicians and nurses in Sweden

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 301-314

  Holmqvist, Marika ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a   Spak, Fredrik ^b   Rommelsjö, Anders ^c   Geirsson, Magnus ^d   Nilsen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Norrmalms Health Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol intervention; Primary health care; Risk consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; NURSE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK-TAKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 37049015963     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.09.021     Document Type: Article

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