Williamson J B
Group Pract J. 1981 Jan;30(1):17-8, 25.
How can a medical community best approach a person who has developed alcohol or drug dependency? And to what extent can recovering drug dependent people truly help others? This article concerns what is happening at an alcohol- and drug-dependency center at one prepaid AGPA member group, where they are looking at these problems, particularly poignant ones, since the program is akin to the type of program in which the federal government has expressed increasing interest. In fact, on November 7, 1980, the Health Care Financing Administration announced the availability of grant funds for demonstration projects (Federal Register, pp. 74456-61) on the effectiveness of providing alcoholism services under Medicare and Medicaid programs "in free-standing residential and outpatient centers and halfway houses utilizing non-physician personnel."
医疗界应如何以最佳方式对待已染上酒精或药物依赖的人？康复中的药物依赖者又能在多大程度上真正帮助他人？本文关注的是一家预付型AGPA成员组织下属的酒精和药物依赖中心正在发生的事情，他们正在研究这些问题，尤其是那些尖锐的问题，因为该项目类似于联邦政府越来越感兴趣的那种项目。事实上，1980年11月7日，医疗保健财务管理局宣布提供拨款资金，用于开展示范项目（《联邦公报》，第74456 - 61页），以研究在医疗保险和医疗补助项目下，“在独立的住院和门诊中心以及中途之家使用非医师人员”提供酗酒服务的有效性。
