Attitudes of Health Care Professionals towards Patients who Take Overdoses

A Hamid Ghodse, Kamran Ghaffari, Ashok Vaman Bhat, Abraham Galea and Y. Hayat Qureshi
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A Hamid Ghodse: St George's Hospital, London
Kamran Ghaffari: St Thomas' Hospital, London
Ashok Vaman Bhat: St Georges's Hospital, London
Abraham Galea: Mount Carmel Hospital, Malta
Y. Hayat Qureshi: Health Education Unit, Valletta, Malta

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 1986, vol. 32, issue 4, 58-63

Abstract: The attitudes of health care professionals in Malta towards patients who take drug overdoses were studied. It was found that the intention of the overdose had a marked effect on the attitude of the health care professional towards the patients. Differences between different profes sionals were noted and the Maltese results were compared with those of a similar study in London.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1177/002076408603200407

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