Injection drug users' perceptions of drug treatment services and attitudes toward substitution therapy: A qualitative study in three Russian cities

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 373-378

  Bobrova, Natalia ^a   Alcorn, Ron ^b   Rhodes, Tim ^c   Rughnikov, Iurii ^d   Neifeld, Elena ^e   Power, Robert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d Yekaterinburg Regional Psychiatric Hospital   (Russian Federation)

^e Altai Krai Narcological Dispensary ^*  (Russian Federation)

^f BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug treatment; Perceptions; Russia; Substitution therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 35748971451     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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