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Moving the Treatment of Alcoholism into the Medical Mainstream
Author(s) -
Noel Ray,
Colombo Theodore J.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb05816.x
Subject(s) - premise , mainstream , context (archaeology) , modalities , health care , treatment modality , primary care physician , medical treatment , medical care , medicine , psychiatry , disease , primary care , psychology , psychotherapist , nursing , family medicine , political science , sociology , surgery , pathology , paleontology , social science , philosophy , linguistics , law , biology
This demonstration program for the treatment of alcoholism is based on the premise that alcoholism is a disease and that the primary care physician should play the central role in the overall management of alcoholism. The context of the Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) encourages the physician to assume responsibility for the care of the alcoholic and serves as the appropriate setting for the coordination of all modalities required.