“It’s a delicate balance”: clinicians’ experiences of providing heroin-assisted treatment
Rune Ellefsen,
Silvana De Pirro,
Vegard Haukland
et al.
Abstract:Background
Little attention has been paid to the experiences of clinicians and health personnel who provide heroin-assisted treatment (HAT). This study provides the first empirical findings about the clinicians’ experiences of providing HAT in the Norwegian context.
Methods
23 qualitative interviews were conducted with 31 clinicians shortly after HAT clinics opened in Norway’s two largest cities: Oslo and Bergen. By inductive thematic analysis of i… Show more
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