Priorities in Swedish Alcohol and Drug Treatment: Policies, Staff Views, and Competing Logics

The aim of the article is to report how treatment staff think priorities for access to alcohol and drug treatment are and should be set and to describe the extent to which different client groups are seen as receiving the treatment they need. Questionnaires were sent to staff in the social and healt...

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Published in:Contemporary drug problems 2006-09, Vol.33 (3), p.367-398
Main Author: Palm, Jessica
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol and drug problems
Alcoholism
Alcoholism treatment
Care and treatment
Drug abuse
Drug abuse treatment
Economic crisis
ethical reasoning
Ethics
Federal aid to alcoholism programs
Federal aid to drug abuse programs
Government aid to alcoholism programs
Government aid to drug abuse programs
Health services
Illnesses
Principles
priority staff
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Social classes
Social integration
SOCIAL SCIENCES
Socialvetenskap
Society
Substance abuse treatment
treatment
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Summary:The aim of the article is to report how treatment staff think priorities for access to alcohol and drug treatment are and should be set and to describe the extent to which different client groups are seen as receiving the treatment they need. Questionnaires were sent to staff in the social and health care systems in Stockholm County. The empirical data is contrasted against official priorities and different ways of ethical reasoning.
ISSN:0091-4509
2163-1808
2163-1808
DOI:10.1177/009145090603300303