Barriers to and facilitators of hepatitis C testing, management, and treatment among current and former injecting drug users: A qualitative exploration

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 753-762

  Swan, Davina ^a   Long, Jean ^b   Carr, Olivia ^c   Flanagan, Jean ^d   Irish, Helena ^e   Keating, Shay ^f   Keaveney, Michelle ^g   Lambert, John ^a,h   McCormick, P Aiden ⁱ   McKiernan, Susan ^e   Moloney, John ^j   Perry, Nicola ^k   Cullen, Walter ^a,l  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^c Canal Communities Local Drugs Task Force   (Ireland)

^d HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f Drug Treatment Centre Board   (Ireland)

^g East Coast Area   (Ireland)

^h MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^j Dun Laoghaire ^*  (Ireland)

^k Community Response ^*  (Ireland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; IRELAND; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650153376     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2010.0142     Document Type: Article

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