Shouting through bullet-proof glass: Some reflections on pharmacotherapy provision in one Australian clinic

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Crawford, Sione ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Consumer; Discrimination; Methadone; Stigma

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AMBIVALENCE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DRUG COST; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; STEREOTYPING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG USERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; METHADONE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLICY MAKING; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC OPINION; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890437996     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.07.004     Document Type: Note

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