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. 1995 Jun;24(6):1037-41.

Doctor shopping

R Klienschmidt  1 , J Price, K Caught
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  • PMID: 7625938

Doctor shopping

R Klienschmidt et al. Aust Fam Physician. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

Many patients attending a drug and alcohol treatment service reported doctor shopping for benzodiazepines as "all too easy". How, we asked, could this activity be recognised and countered? This paper describes this activity and the attitude of some of the doctors affected by it.

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