Using focus group interviews to understand staff perceptions from training in the therapeutic community model

Journal of Drug Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-157

  Tsiboukli, Anna ^a   Wolff, Kim ^b  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEW; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY MODEL; TRAINING;

CURRICULUM; FOCUS GROUPS; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

EID: 0043207456     PISSN: 00472379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/FUK5-BQVL-R53W-4RG7     Document Type: Review

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