Abstract
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.
Full Text
The Full Text of this article is available as a PDF (49.7 KB).
Selected References
These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
- Cohen J. Problem drug users: a problem for the GP? Practitioner. 1994 Oct;238(1543):715–718. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Deehan A., Taylor C., Strang J. The general practitioner, the drug misuser, and the alcohol misuser: major differences in general practitioner activity, therapeutic commitment, and 'shared care' proposals. Br J Gen Pract. 1997 Nov;47(424):705–709. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hobbs F. D., Keane U. M. Aggression against doctors: a review. J R Soc Med. 1996 Feb;89(2):69–72. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Hobbs F. D. Violence in general practice: a survey of general practitioners' views. BMJ. 1991 Feb 9;302(6772):329–332. doi: 10.1136/bmj.302.6772.329. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- King M. B. Psychological and social problems in HIV infection: interviews with general practitioners in London. BMJ. 1989 Sep 16;299(6701):713–717. doi: 10.1136/bmj.299.6701.713. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
- Wilson P., Watson R., Ralston G. E. Supporting problem drug users: improving methadone maintenance in general practice. Br J Gen Pract. 1995 Sep;45(398):454–455. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]