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THE ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL UNIT
Author(s) -
Wodak A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian alcohol/drug review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0726-4550
DOI - 10.1080/09595238380000041
Subject(s) - recession , unit (ring theory) , task (project management) , community hospital , teaching hospital , public health , medicine , nursing , psychology , family medicine , engineering , mathematics education , systems engineering , keynesian economics , economics
Alcohol treatment facilities, traditionally located in psychiatric hospitals, have in Australia recently been located in community health centres. More recently, New South Wales has adopted an hospital‐based system, thus gaining access to the large numbers of patients with problems related to alcohol and other drugs. This location also facilitates the task of changing medical and nursing attitudes which is an important long‐term goal. During an economic recession, hospital‐based alcohol and drug departments may be more protected than those based elsewhere. The importance of a teaching hospital base for public education is also discussed.