ER 'capture' of the skid-row alcoholic
| Autor: | F.M. Baker |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Medical staff Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject Population Alcohol abuse Anger Chronic alcoholism medicine Complaint Humans Psychiatry education Referral and Consultation Aged media_common Retrospective review education.field_of_study business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Alcoholism Psychiatry and Mental health Ill-Housed Persons Commitment of Mentally Ill Female Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | General Hospital Psychiatry. 7:138-143 |
| ISSN: | 0163-8343 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0163-8343(85)90026-x |
| Popis: | In response to the spiraling anger and frustration voiced by the emergency room (ER) medical staff and the observed negative interactions between the alcohol-dependent patient and the ER staff, the author completed a 6-month retrospective review of all patients evaluated by the ER service with a complaint of alcohol abuse, chronic alcoholism, or requesting detoxification. As a result of that study, an ER-based comprehensive approach to the management of this population was proposed. Utilizing an existing Connecticut state statute, a specific approach to manage the skid-row alcholic arriving repeatedly in the ER was developed. I report on this ER-based model and an approach to “capturing” the skid-row alcoholic. |
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