Community-Level Barriers to Recovery for Substance-Dependent Rural Residents

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 307-326

  Young, Lance Brendan ^a   Grant, Kathleen M ^b   Tyler, Kimberly A ^c  

^a Western Illinois University Quad Cities   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

access to care; alcohol use disorder; barriers; rural; substance use disorder; treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937209991     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2015.1056058     Document Type: Article

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