Compassion or stigma? How adults bereaved by alcohol or drugs experience services

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1714-1721

  Walter, Tony ^a   Ford, Allison ^b   Templeton, Lorna ^a   Valentine, Christine ^a   Velleman, Richard ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol; bereavement; compassion; disenfranchised grief; drugs; professional detachment; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84945964853     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12273     Document Type: Article

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