The Disconnect between China's Public Health and Public Security Responses to Injection Drug Use, and the Consequences for Human Rights
Open Access
- 9 December 2008
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 5 (12) , e240
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050240
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.Keywords
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