| Titre : | Injecting illicit drugs |
| Titre traduit : | (S'injecter des drogues illicites) |
| Auteurs : | R. PATES ; A. McBRIDE ; K. E. ARNOLD |
| Type de document : | Livre |
| Editeur : | Oxford : Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2005 |
| Collection : | Addiction Press |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-4051-1360-1 |
| Format : | 182 p. / ill. ; index. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
| Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus TOXIBASE PRODUIT ILLICITE ; INJECTION ; HISTOIRE ; SERINGUE ; HEPATITE ; PRISON ; SURDOSE ; STRUCTURE DE PROXIMITE ; VIH |
| Résumé : |
Injecting drug use is of major concern to both Western and developing nations, causing extensive associated harm at both individual and public health levels. This book provides readers with authoritative and practical information on injecting drug use and the health consequences of this behaviour. Includes topical issues such as needle fixation, transitions to and from injecting, and illicit drug use in prison settings.
Documents the relationship between injecting practice and infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C. Explores harm reduction approaches such as safer injecting and supervised injecting rooms. Reflects international perspectives from expert contributors. (Editor's abstract) |
| Note de contenu : |
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Ch 1. History of injecting. Ch 2. The eye of the needle: an ethno-epidemiological analysis of injecting drug use. Ch 3. Pharmaceutical aspects of injecting. Ch 4. Needle fixation. Ch 5. Women and injecting. Ch 6. Injecting in prisons. Ch 7. Hepatitis C associated with injecting drug use. Ch 8. HIV and injecting drug use. Ch 9. Odde commotions: some other health consequences of injecting. Ch 10. Transitions to and from injecting. Ch 11. Safer injecting: individual harm reduction advice. Ch 12. Overdose: prevalence, predictors and prevention. Ch 13. Supervised injecting rooms. Ch 14. Injecting drugs - the user's perspective. |
| Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
| Affiliation : | Community Addiction Unit, Cardiff, UK |
| Numéro Toxibase : | 1301952 |
| Cote : | L01050 |
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