Deficit models and divergent philosophies: Service providers' perspectives on barriers and incentives to drug treatment

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-382

  Treloar, Carla ^a   Holt, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deficit models; Drug treatment; Service providers; Treatment philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747594326     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630600761444     Document Type: Review

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