Treatment of substance misuse in the new century: Physicians must confront the recurring attitudes of moralism and criminalization

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-5

  Blume, Sheila B ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION;

HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0041729306     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.1.4     Document Type: Article

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