Recovery and public policy: Driving the strategy by raising political awareness

Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 7-19

  Best, David ^a   Ball, Grace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Aberdeenshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public policy; Recovery; Recovery measurement; Recovery outcomes; Recovery oriented systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956344556     PISSN: 1556035X     EISSN: 15560368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1556035X.2011.571126     Document Type: Review

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