International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 486-491 , December 2008

Is groin injecting an ethical boundary for harm reduction?

  • Peter G. Miller

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, SE5 8AF, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +44 20 7701 8454.
    • ,
  • Nick Lintzeris

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, SE5 8AF, UK
    • Drug Health Services, Sydney South West Area Health Service, c/o Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Page Building Level 5, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia
    • ,
  • Luciana Forzisi

      Affiliations

    • National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, SE5 8AF, UK
    • Fax: +44 20 7701 8454.

Received 3 July 2007 ,Revised 4 October 2007 ,Accepted 4 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.10.001

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 486-491 , December 2008

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