Into the unknown: Treatment as a social arena for drug users’ transition into a non-using life

NAD Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 248-266

  Robertson, Inger Eide ^a   Nesvåg, Sverre Martin ^b  

^a Rogaland Medical Center   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

addiction; Bourdieu; qualitative research; recovery; social practice; treatment relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067598203     PISSN: 14550725     EISSN: 14586126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1455072518796898     Document Type: Article

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