TY - JOUR
T1 - Methamphetamines
T2 - Cross sectional-survey exploring police and paramedic attitudes and perceptions of deservingness of care
AU - Jones, Rikki
AU - Woods, Cindy
AU - Usher, Kim
N1 - Funding Information:
The research team would like to acknowledge the WA Police Force and WA St John Ambulance Service for their time, participation, and support of our study
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Research on stigmatization of drug addiction is demonstrating that health professionals often hold negative attitudes towards patients with drug addiction, which may impact the quality of care the patient receives (Birtel, Wood, & Kempa, 2017; Skinner, Feather, Freeman, & Roche, 2007). Patients often perceive stigmatization and negative attitudes from health professionals and this can lead to patients' expectations of negative or judgmental attitudes when accessing health care, poor communication between patients and health professionals (van Boekel, Brouwers, van Weeghel, & Garretsen, 2013), patients’ feelings of worthlessness, shame, and self-judgment, and patients’ reluctance to engage in treatment or seek medical attention (Kelly & Westerhoff, 2010; Lloyd, 2013; van Boekel et al., 2013).
AB - Research on stigmatization of drug addiction is demonstrating that health professionals often hold negative attitudes towards patients with drug addiction, which may impact the quality of care the patient receives (Birtel, Wood, & Kempa, 2017; Skinner, Feather, Freeman, & Roche, 2007). Patients often perceive stigmatization and negative attitudes from health professionals and this can lead to patients' expectations of negative or judgmental attitudes when accessing health care, poor communication between patients and health professionals (van Boekel, Brouwers, van Weeghel, & Garretsen, 2013), patients’ feelings of worthlessness, shame, and self-judgment, and patients’ reluctance to engage in treatment or seek medical attention (Kelly & Westerhoff, 2010; Lloyd, 2013; van Boekel et al., 2013).
KW - cross-sectional survey
KW - illicit drugs
KW - methamphetamine
KW - perceptions of deservingness
KW - police and paramedic attitudes
KW - stigma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096716991&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/nhs.12787
DO - 10.1111/nhs.12787
M3 - Article
C2 - 33098343
AN - SCOPUS:85096716991
SN - 1441-0745
VL - 23
SP - 157
EP - 166
JO - Nursing and Health Sciences
JF - Nursing and Health Sciences
IS - 1
ER -
