Management of Drug Users in the Community: A Handbook - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340700130 ISBN 13: 9780340700136

Publisher: CRC Press, 1998

Synopsis

A comprehensive, practically-oriented account of the health care of drug users in the community, in relation both to fighting addiction and to managing related health problems (hepatitis, AIDS, vascular problems etc). This book aims to provide an understanding of how drug misuse arises, what sustains it, and how in practical terms to deal with it.



In most countries, care of drug users largely falls to community health workers (community psychiatrists, GPs, family practitioners etc) and the books emphasis is very much be on care in the community. There are fashions in the drugs that are misused, but the overall problem and its health/social implications continue to increase.



The book draws on international experience from major centres of drug abuse such as New York, Amsterdam and Edinburgh to present clear guidance on patient assessment and the full range of possible management options.

About this title

Review

Each chapter contains a useful summary and plenty of references...makes excellent reference..Will be kept in the practice library for use by the whole primary health care team.
Doctor Magazine

...an excellent coverage of the area...
Addiction

The contents are interesting and wide-ranging ... its international perspective is stimulating...For health workers and students already working in the field of drug dependency this book is a worthwhile read.'
JSM Book Review, 2000

From the Author

this book is unusual in being truely international
this book is unusual in being truely international

Edition details

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340700130
• ISBN 13: 9780340700136
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432
• Editor: Robertson Roy