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- Title
A UBC, Vancouver Coastal Health and St. Paul's Hospital Strategy for Education in Addiction Medicine.
- Authors
Wood, Evan; Sakakibara, Todd; McIver, Garth; McLean, Mark; Mathias, Steve; Rieb, Launete
- Abstract
The article focuses on the strategy of the University of British Columbia (UBC), regional health authority Vancouver Coastal Health, and St. Paul's Hospital for the education in addiction medicine in Canada. It mentions the research on the issue concerning the disease related to the use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. Statistics on the costs attributable to substance use approach is presented, emphasizing the drug Vivitrol that reduced heavy drinking in alcoholics by 25 percent.
- Subjects
DISEASES in people with alcoholism; ALCOHOLISM treatment; MEDICAL education; UNIVERSITY of British Columbia; VANCOUVER Coastal Health (Company); ST. Paul's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Publication
UBC Medical Journal, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
1920-7425
- Publication type
Article