title: The role of general practitioners in the delivery of drug and alcohol services to ethnic minority communities.
abstract: There has been increased emphasis on the need for early intervention in the treatment of drug and alcohol problems and on reducing consumption among 'low-risk' as well as among more heavily drug-dependent populations. At the same time, the doctor's role in recognising and treating drug and alcohol problems among their clients has been coming under closer scrutiny. An Illawarra-based study has examined these questions in the context of two non-English speaking background communities. Our findings are relevant not only to attempts to reconstruct the doctor-patient relationship, but to the question of health service provision in a multiethnic society generally.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Multicultural Studies, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2500, Australia.
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authors.lastname: Alcorso