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Drug and alcohol referrals
— are elderly substance abuse diagnoses and referrals being missed? | | Author(s) | Elizabeth McInnes, Janet Powell |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 308, no 6926, 12 February 1994 |
| Pages | pp 444-446 |
| Keywords | Alcoholism ; Drug taking ; Diagnosis ; Personnel. |
| Annotation | Examines whether health professionals fail to diagnose substance abuse in older people, and concludes that this is the case. Recommends education and a hospital based drug and alcohol counsellor assigned to work with older people. |
| Accession Number | CPA-940211004 A |
| Classmark | ETA: ETD: LK7: QM * |
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