Reducing drug related deaths: A pre-implementation assessment of knowledge,barriers and enablers for naloxone distribution through general practice

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Matheson, Catriona ^a   Pflanz Sinclair, Christiane ^a   Aucott, Lorna ^a   Wilson, Philip ^a   Watson, Richard ^b   Malloy, Stephen ^c   Dickie, Elinor ^d   McAuley, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RCGP (Scotland) Clinical Lead Addiction   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH DRUGS FORUM   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84892738853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-12     Document Type: Article

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