Going to the doctor with enhancement in mind - An ethnographic study of university students use of prescription stimulants and their moral ambivalence

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-207

  Petersen, Margit Anne ^a   Nørgaard, Lotte Stig ^a   Traulsen, Janine Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Moral ambivalence; non medical drug use; prescription stimulants; qualitative methods; students; users' perspective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938844665     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2014.970517     Document Type: Article

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