“The rock always comes first”: Drug users’ accounts about using formal health care

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-469

  Drumm, René D ^a   McBride, Duane C ^a   Metsch, Lisa ^b   Page, Bryan J ^c   Dickerson, Kimberly ^a   Jones, Beverly ^a  

^a ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Drug abuse; Health care; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0347986899     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2003.10400493     Document Type: Article

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