Perceptions of discriminatory treatment by staff as predictors of drug treatment completion: Utility of a mixed methods approach

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 491-497

  Brener, Loren ^a   von Hippel, William ^b   von Hippel, Courtney ^b   Resnick, Ilyse ^a   Treloar, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Drug treatment; Mixed methods; Perceived discrimination; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957925636     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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