Video: Mike Ashton on his paper 'Burgered: Quality of Life and Addiction Treatment'

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1) Paper: Burgered: Quality of Life and Addiction Treatment [Mike Ashton April 2005]

Burgered: Quality of Life and Addiction Treatment

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Would you rather be feeling and functioning well and having the odd glass of wine – or snort of cocaine – or abstinent with a poor social life and feeling bad? For most alcohol or drug treatment outcome studies, it's no contest. Rarely do these forefront what matters most to the patient – their quality of life as they define it.

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Mike Ashton on his paper 'Burgered: Quality of Life and Addiction Treatment'