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The role of private general practitioners in the treatment of alcohol dependence in the Free State province

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 55 , issue 6 , 2013 , pages: 561–566

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2013.10874417

Author(s): PM Van Zyl Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Health Sciences, , CA Gagiano Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, , WF Mollentze Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, , JS Snyman Department of Pharmacology University of Pretoria;, , G Joubert Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences,

Keywords: private general practitioners , treatment , alcohol , dependence , Free State province , South Africa

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Abstract

Objectives: The study was undertaken to investigate the role of private general practitioners (GPs) in the treatment of alcohol dependence in the Free State province.

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