Responding to an emergency : education, advocacy and community care by a peer-driven organization of drug users / [prepared by Thomas Kerr, Dave Douglas, Wally Peeace, Adam Pierre and Evan Wood].: H39-4/61-2001E-PDF
"The purpose of this case study was to document the genesis, evolution, organizational structure, and activities of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). In accordance with VANDU’s philosophy of “user involvement andempowerment,” we employed a community-based case study methodology to achieve these aims"--Page iv.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Health Canada. |
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| Title | Responding to an emergency : education, advocacy and community care by a peer-driven organization of drug users / [prepared by Thomas Kerr, Dave Douglas, Wally Peeace, Adam Pierre and Evan Wood]. |
| Variant title | Education, advocacy and community care by a peer-driven organization of drug users Case study of Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Issued also in French under title: Répondre à l’urgence par l’éducation, l’action sociale et les services communautaires : portrait d'un organisme dirigé par des utilisateurs de drogue. "A case study of Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU)"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42). |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Health Canada = Santé Canada, December 2001. |
| Author / Contributor | Kerr, Thomas, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (vi, 42 pages) : photographs (some colour) |
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| Subject terms | Drug abuse -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Case studies. Drug addicts -- Services for -- British Columbia -- Vancouver. |
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