An approach to heroin use disorder intervention within the South African context: A content analysis study

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dos Santos, Monika M L ^a   Rataemane, Solomon T ^b   Fourie, David ^c   Trathen, Bruce ^d,e  

^a Foundation for Professional Development   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c South African National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence   (South Africa)

^d Sub Saharan Reduction Network (SAHRN)   (South Africa)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIALIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 77953728458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-13     Document Type: Article

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