Clear rhetoric and blurred reality: The development of a recovery focus in UK drug treatment policy and practice

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 957-963

  McKeganey, Neil ^a  

^a Centre for Drug Misuse Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug; Policy; Recovery; Treatment; UK

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ABSTINENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHADONE TREATMENT; MORTALITY; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PEER GROUP; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELAPSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84924080053     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.01.014     Document Type: Note

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