Alcoholism, brief intervention and the institutional context: A focus-group study with French and Finnish general practitioners

Critical Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-318

  Egerer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

alcohol; focalisation; focus groups; semiotics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINLAND; FOCALIZATION; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 84863529401     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2011.637901     Document Type: Article

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