Danish heroin prescription in Swedish print media: Exploring the silent agreements of harm reduction and zero tolerance

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-434

  Ekendahl, Mats ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discourse; Harm reduction; Heroin prescription; Maintenance treatment; Media; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866294782     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2012.661898     Document Type: Article

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