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In order to practice medicine properly, a physician must have a working knowledge of alcoholism. Five to nine million Americans are alcoholics [1] and alcoholism costs the American economy about $15 billion per year in job absenteeism, inefficiency, and medical treatment [2]. Alcoholism causes a huge number of medical and social complications, many of which can be fatal or can have a profound disruptive effect on the lives of alcoholics and their families.
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Sierles, F. (1982). Alcoholism. In: Sierles, F. (eds) Clinical Behavioral Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7973-7_10
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