title: Coping with patients' problem drinking.
abstract: Confronting patients appropriately is a difficult skill to master. The practitioner must first overcome his own inherent biases and feelings of discomfort before tackling the patient on threatening issues. This problem is compounded by delay when a patient has seen his GP for a number of years before a review of the notes reveals the hitherto unsuspected diagnosis.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nightingale
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations