Should North America's first and only supervised injection facility (InSite) be expanded in British Columbia, Canada?

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jozaghi, Ehsan ^a   Andresen, Martin M A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Harm reduction; Supervised injection facility

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PURPOSIVE SAMPLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITY; SYRINGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873738213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-10-1     Document Type: Article

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