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This concise and easily laid out book is aimed at doctors, nurses and other health care professionals involved in the medical management of patients in residential abstinence based treatment centres.
This concise and easily laid out book is aimed at doctors, nurses and other health care
professionals involved in the medical management of patients in residential abstinence based
treatment centres.
Detoxification - A guide to the medically assisted withdrawal from addiction contains descriptions of withdrawal syndromes from opiates, alcohol and stimulants, and how these can be managed safely for the patient. There are detailed schedules of the drugs employed and the protocols for their administration, and other useful information.
Dr Gordon Morse is the medical adviser to Clouds House, one of the UK's longest established and most respected residential centres for treating chemical dependency. The information in this book is derived from the regimen employed in Clouds House, where over 300 patients are treated annually.
| Title | Detoxification: A guide for medically assisted withdrawal from
chemical addiction in the residential setting |
| Author | Dr Gordon R. Morse MB, ChB, MRCGP |
| Contents | View contents,
covers |
| Publisher | Quay Books, Mark Allen Publishing Group |
| Published | June 1999 |
| ISBN | 1-85642-177-5 |
| Price | £10.50 (approximately USD17, EUR16) |
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Dr Morse can be contacted by e-mail at drmorse@detoxification.co.uk.
Last updated May 1999.