Addiction Treatment Professionals Are Not the Gatekeepers of Recovery

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 50, Issue 8-9, 2015, Pages 1024-1027

  Humphreys, Keith ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction treatment; mutual help groups; natural recovery; pastoral counselling; professionalism

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84941333202     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2015.1007678     Document Type: Article

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