Impact of Alcohol Misuse on Family Life
- 1 October 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research
- Vol. 2 (4) , 349-351
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1530-0277.1978.tb04741.x
Abstract
The shame that surrounds problem drinking contributes to delay or failure of remedy; the family tries to hide the drinking of its member from neighbors and even from the doctors. All parties to the illness choose to ignore the alcoholism and its implication for the patient.Keywords
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- Culture, Illness, and CareAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1978