The disconnect between China's public health and public security responses to injection drug use, and the consequences for human rights.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 19071956.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050240 and PMC identifier 2596855.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Stephen Koester discusses a research article by Elizabeth Cohen and Joseph Amon that illustrates how injection drug users are caught between China's conflicting policies and practices toward drug use and HIV prevention and care.
Medical subject headings
- Drug Users
- Human Rights
- Public Health Administration
- Public Health Practice
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous