Public citizens, marginalized communities: The struggle for syringe exchange in Springfield, Massachusetts

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-63

  Shaw, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Neoliberalism; Syringe exchange; Urban health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; POLITICS; POPULATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 31644433385     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740500488510     Document Type: Review

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