Changing the language of addiction

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 1361-1362

  Botticelli, Michael P ^a   Koh, Howard K ^b,c  

^a White House   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ALCOHOLISM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84995784669     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.11874     Document Type: Note

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