The Canadian government's treatment of scientific process and evidence: Inside the evaluation of North America's first supervised injecting facility

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-225

  Wood, Evan ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Tyndall, Mark W ^a,b   Montaner, Julio S G ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Best evidence; Health policy; Peer review; Political interference; Scientific process; Supervised injecting

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 43849094485     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.11.001     Document Type: Note

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