Seeing through the glass darkly? A qualitative exploration of GPs' drinking and their alcohol intervention practices

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-487

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

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief interventions; General practitioners; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MALPRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 39049178869     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cml015     Document Type: Article

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