What do clients want from alcohol and other drug treatment services? A mixed methods examination

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 224-234

  Pulford, Justin ^a,b   Adams, Peter ^b   Sheridan, Janie ^b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Addiction; aspiration; expectation; qualitative research; retention; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955413405     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2010.507893     Document Type: Article

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