Attitudes of New Zealand general practitioners to alcohol-related problems.
The attitudes of a self-selected group of general practitioners indicated majority support for a traditional disease conception of alcoholism embodying abstinence as the goal of treatment. Separate attitudinal factors which emerged represented a modified disease conception, a moralistic attitude and a belief in a drinking-problem continuum. The general practitioners' attitude structure was significantly related with their practice and belief in the efficacy of giving advice to patients with alcohol-related problems.
D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D011379:Prognosis