Care of drug users in general practice : a harm reduction approach /: a harm reduction approach. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Berry Beaumont ; foreword by David Haslam.
• Editors: Beaumont, Berry
• Contents: A GP's role past, present and future. Assessment of the drug user. General health care of drug users. Counselling drug users. Polydrug use: cocktails and combinations, including benzodiazepines, alcohol and cannabis. Care of opiate users - maintenance treatment. Care of opiate users - detoxification. Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines and party drugs. Safer injecting, safer use, safer sex: a harm reduction approach. Drug users with special needs. What do drug users need from the general practitioner? Families and carers. Practical aspects of managing drug users. The primary care team and shared care. Working with other agencies. Drugs and the law. Training, continuing professional development and appraisal.
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.8606; Drug abuse; Drug addicts -- Medical care -- Great Britain; Primary care (Medicine)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429533587
• Related ISBNs: 9781910227763; 9780429091322
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