Examining structural violence in opioid pharmacotherapy treatment in Australia: Sweating the "small stuff" in a liberal paradise

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Treloar, Carla ^a   valentine, kylie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AUSTRALIA; DETENTION; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEGAL ASPECT; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICAL ABUSE; POLITICS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE; VIOLENCE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG USERS; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POLITICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84890434771     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.04.010     Document Type: Editorial

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