title: Attitudes of health care professionals towards patients who take overdoses.
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 professionals were noted and the Maltese results were compared with those of a similar study in London.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008319:Malta; D011041:Poisoning / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*