Healthcare professionals' regard towards working with patients with substance use disorders: Comparison of primary care, general psychiatry and specialist addiction services

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-98

  Van Boekel, Leonieke C ^a   Brouwers, Evelien P M ^a   van Weeghel, Jaap ^a,b,c   Garretsen, Henk F L ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Phrenos Center of Expertise   (Netherlands)

^c Parnassia Bavo Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Cross sectional study; Medical condition regard scale; Stigma; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL WORKER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MEDICAL CONDITION REGARD SCALE; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84890193023     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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