Steinberg J R
Department of Family Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Md Med J. 1994 Jan;43(1):41-4.
Primary care physicians are often involved in the initial recognition of chemically dependent patients, even though physicians may ultimately refer such patients to specialists for treatment. To intervene effectively in the disease of chemical dependency, physicians need to know how to obtain and evaluate pertinent laboratory, physical, and historical information associated with drug and alcohol abuse.
初级保健医生常常参与对药物依赖患者的初步识别，尽管医生最终可能会将此类患者转介给专科医生进行治疗。为了有效干预药物依赖疾病，医生需要知道如何获取和评估与药物和酒精滥用相关的相关实验室、身体和病史信息。
