TY - CONF
T1 - Stigma, gender and perceptions of recovery in Scotland
T2 - EWODOR European Working Group on Drugs Oriented Research 15th International Symposium
AU - McPhee, John
AU - Brown, Anne
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This presentation explores how injecting opiate users on a methadone treatment programme experience stigma as addicts, and service users in pharmacy and medical settings. We explore motivations for injecting, which we will suggest, create conditions for experiencing shame at the micro interactional level, influenced by macro institutional factors. The Scottish drug policy document ‘The Road to Recovery’ (2008) defines recovery as ‘drug free’, creating potential for stigma of service users receiving methadone maintenance treatment.
AB - This presentation explores how injecting opiate users on a methadone treatment programme experience stigma as addicts, and service users in pharmacy and medical settings. We explore motivations for injecting, which we will suggest, create conditions for experiencing shame at the micro interactional level, influenced by macro institutional factors. The Scottish drug policy document ‘The Road to Recovery’ (2008) defines recovery as ‘drug free’, creating potential for stigma of service users receiving methadone maintenance treatment.
KW - drugs research
KW - Psychological Theory
KW - Sociology of the body
KW - addictive behaviour
U2 - doi:10.1108/DAT-05-2013-0022
DO - doi:10.1108/DAT-05-2013-0022
M3 - Abstract
Y2 - 22 May 2014 through 23 May 2014
ER -