title: [A metaphor of the nurse's work in addictology].
abstract: The mechanism of addiction can be compared to a rut in a road, towards which patients are attracted and into which they inevitably fall. The role of the nurse in addictology is to lead the patient to consider other roads, to tread a new path taking them in a more positive direction. It is on this condition that programmes based on substitution can prove effective.
authors.affiliation: Département de santé mentale et psychiatrie, hôpitaux universitaires de Genève, Suisse. luisella.congiumertel@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Luisella
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Congiu-Mertel
authors.forename: Daniele Fabio
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Zullino
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000451:nursing; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics