Smackheads, crackheads and other junkies: Dimensions of the stigma of drug use: Dimensions of the stigma of drug

Stigma and Social Exclusion in Healthcare

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 190-205

  Hunt, Neil ^a   Derricott, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidad de Liverpool   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85070293474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203995501-28     Document Type: Chapter

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