The courage to change: Patient perceptions of 12-Step fellowships

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vederhus, John Kåre ^a   Timko, Christine ^b,c   Kristensen, Øistein ^a   Clausen, Thomas ^a,d  

^a Sørlandet Hospital Hf   (Norway)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF HELP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 83455162853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-339     Document Type: Article

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