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Bed Bugs and Beyond”

An ethnographic analysis of North America's first women-only supervised drug consumption site

Bibliographic Data

ID14909441
AuthorsJade Boyd (0000-0001-7919-5995, St. Paul's Hospital, corresponding author), J Lavalley (0000-0003-3018-3277, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use), Sandra Czechaczek (British Columbia Centre on Substance Use), Samara Mayer (0000-0002-1882-8194, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use), Thomas Kerr (0000-0002-0870-7153, St. Paul's Hospital), Lisa Maher (0000-0001-6020-6519, Burnet Institute), Robert Mcneil (0000-0001-9555-7693, Yale University)
Year2020
Volume78
Pages102733
Publication date2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Drug Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0955-3959 • E-ISSN: 1873-4758
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102733
PMID32247720
OpenAlexW3014941078
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited72

Autonomy · Criminology · Ethnography · Harm · Harm reduction · Political science · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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