An assessment of the perception and practices of general practitioners (GPs) in Cape Town regarding problem drinking amongst their patients.

Description

<p>Since the anecdotal assumption is that GPs do not effectively diagnose and manage problem drinking amongst their patients, this study investigated the role of GPs in addressing problem drinking in Cape Town as well as the prevalence of problem drinking amongst their patients.</p>

Links & Downloads

1. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=init_7441_1180442576

Tags

Physician and patient

Alcoholism, Diagnosis

Alcohol abuse, Prevention.

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dinit_7441_1180442576
Date	January 2005
Creators	Koopman, Fred Andrew
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis and dissertation
Format	Pdf
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape