Innocent parties or devious drug users: The views of primary healthcare practitioners with respect to those who misuse prescription drugs

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Butler, Rachael ^a   Sheridan, Janie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; DIHYDROCODEINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE; PETHIDINE; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZOPICLONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEW ZEALAND; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 77956944541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-7-21     Document Type: Article

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