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Healthcare professionals' perceptions of alcohol-intoxicated trauma patients: Implications for healthcare delivery at South Rand Hospital Emergency Department

BMI KabaleDepartment of Medicine, University of Pretoria, TshwaneCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD, MMed (Senior Family Physician) ,
L NkombuaDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria (Mpumalanga Campus), Witbank
, MD, MMed (Lecturer and Principal Family Physician) ,
P MatthewsDepartment of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, Tshwane
, MBChB, MFGP, MFamMed (Senior Lecturer and Principal Family Physician) &
BE OffiongDepartment of Family Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
, MBBCh, DTM&H, MFamMed (Lecturer and Senior Family Physician)
Pages 398-402 | Received 21 Aug 2012, Accepted 18 Nov 2012, Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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