Negotiating access: Social barriers to purchasing syringes at pharmacies in Tijuana, Mexico

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 286-294

  Davidson, Peter J ^a   Lozada, Remedios ^b   Rosen, Perth C ^a   Macias, Armando ^b   Gallardo, Manuel ^b   Pollini, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Patronato Pro COMUSIDA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico; Pharmacies; Stigma; Syringe distribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MEXICO; PHARMACY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PURCHASING; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPY; SYRINGE; THEFT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACIES; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SYRINGES;

EID: 84863824640     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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