Specialised alcohol treatment services are a luxury the NHS cannot afford.
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Is alcoholism an illness or merely a self-inflicted indulgence? Can we afford specialist alcohol treatment services? Do they even work? Should the tax payer foot the bill? Is the lack of such services 'perverse'? In this lively debate Drs. Carnwath and Luty weigh up the pros and cons of controlling the effects of 'our favourite drug'.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
دوره 192 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008