This contemporary textbook promotes a better understanding of recent research on alcoholism while discussing the clinical implications of treatment, prevention, and policy applications. This book is a practical step to bridge the gap between the treatment of alcoholism and the research on alcoholism. The author has included the research on alcohol ... [Read More]
Confidence in a countrys health care system requires indemnification and deterrence systems that adequately cover liability, provide fair compensation for injury, and deter medical malpractices. Over the last years, in many OECD countries, these systems have experienced difficulties resulting in high-risk specialty physicians and surgeons leaving t... [Read More]
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Suggests that the intervention to help intravenous drug users to modify their behaviour to reduce the risk of AIDS infection should be community- based - this being the best way to affect the behaviour of people who decide not to avail themselves of the services of drug treatment centres.
Bringing together a range of important new research findings, this book provides a clear account of the effects and incidence of heroin use in Britain, the policies presently deployed to combat it, and the broader patterns of production and distribution of the drug. The authors relate heroin use to other drug abuse and show many of the assumptions ... [Read More]