Difficult behaviour in drug-misusing and non-drug-misusing patients in general practice--a comparison.

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  • J Thompson
چکیده

Some GPs may be unwilling to take on the management of drug misusers because of the risk of difficult behaviour. However, this study found that in a practice running a drug misuse treatment programme there was a relatively small difference in the rates of difficult behaviour from drug misusers and general patients.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners

دوره 51 466  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001