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- Title
Alcohol and the accident and emergency department: a current review.
- Authors
Charalambous, Michalis P
- Abstract
Alcohol misuse constitutes a major problem in our modern society and both physical and mental alcohol-related harm result in a large number of Accident and Emergency (A&E) attendances, thus imposing a significant burden on the workload and financial resources of the department. The current management of problem drinking by most A&E departments could be further improved. The introduction of a holistic approach that includes efficient screening instruments and effective brief, anti-alcoholic interventions, for the management of these patients must be considered. This should strengthen the preventive role of A&E departments, and, in the long term, may result in a decrease in the number of cases of alcohol misuse and in alcohol-related attendances.
- Publication
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire), 2002, Vol 37, Issue 4, p307
- ISSN
0735-0414
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/alcalc/37.4.307