Indigenous traditional knowledge and substance abuse treatment outcomes: The problem of efficacy evaluation

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 493-497

  Gone, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indians; Substance abuse treatment; Therapeutic efficacy; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERNAL VALIDITY; ORIENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; REINFORCEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ALASKA; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865619428     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952990.2012.694528     Document Type: Article

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