Drugs, prisons and harm reduction

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 43-54

  Hughes, Rhidian ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; England; Harm; Harm reduction; Infection; Injection; Mandatory drug testing; Policy; Prison; Prison needle exchange schemes; Substitute drug prescribing

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

DRUG USER; HEALTH POLICY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG MISUSE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION; INJECTION; NEEDLE; PRESCRIPTION; PRISON; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SCREENING; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; ENGLAND; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANISM; HUMANS; MANDATORY TESTING; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PRISONS; PUNISHMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL POLICIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042823545     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v18n02_03     Document Type: Review

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