Barriers to accessing generic health and social care services: A qualitative study of injecting drug users

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Neale, Joanne ^a   Tompkins, Charlotte ^b   Sheard, Laura ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leeds Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injecting drug users; Qualitative methods; Service accessibility; Social exclusion; Treatment barriers

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 39349100369     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2007.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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