Are drug treatment services only for 'thieving junkie scumbags'? Drug users and the management of stigmatised identities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1065-1073

  Radcliffe, Polly ^a   Stevens, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug treatment services; Identity; Stigma; Substance misuse; UK

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; DRUG USERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PREJUDICE; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48949104381     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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