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Are there ‘good’ reasons for ‘bad’ implementation?
Focus is on one section of last week’s matrix cell release on the service organisation’s influence on screening/brief intervention for risky drinking. Asks whether offering a high quality service centred on the clients could actually mean rejecting routine alcohol screening and brief intervention. Click the button below to go direct to the featured section of the commentary.
‘Good’ reasons for ‘bad’ implementation?
Drawn from one of 25 cells in the Alcohol Treatment Matrix, a staff development resource mapping seminal and key research and guidance on alcohol brief interventions and treatment.
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