Clinical issues archive: Addiction/substance abuse
Why primary care physicians avoid treating alcoholics
Ignorance, fear and time constraints keep some physicians from addressing patients' drinking problems (April 1999)
How to discern drug-seekers from patients really in pain
Physicians don't want to fall victim to substance abusers faking pain symptoms (May 1998)
Research spurs new views of nicotine
Possible therapeutic effects add twist to tobacco debate (February 1997)
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