Good practice towards homeless drug users: Research evidence from Scotland

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 196-205

  Neale, Joanne ^a   Kennedy, Catherine ^b  

^a Centre for Drug Misuse Research   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug misuse; Good practice; Homelessness; New managerialism; Service evaluation; Support services

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SCOTLAND; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036561545     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2002.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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