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Drug and alcohol referrals
 — are elderly substance abuse diagnoses and referrals being missed?
Author(s)Elizabeth McInnes, Janet Powell
Journal titleBritish Medical Journal, vol 308, no 6926, 12 February 1994
Pagespp 444-446
KeywordsAlcoholism ; Drug taking ; Diagnosis ; Personnel.
AnnotationExamines 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 NumberCPA-940211004 A
ClassmarkETA: ETD: LK7: QM *

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