Feasibility, acceptability, concerns, and challenges of implementing supervised injection services at a specialty HIV hospital in Toronto, Canada: perspectives of people living with HIV

• Main Authors: Katherine Rudzinski (Author), Jessica Xavier (Author), Adrian Guta (Author), Soo Chan Carusone (Author), Kenneth King (Author), J. Craig Phillips (Author), Sarah Switzer (Author), Bill O'Leary (Author), Rosalind Baltzer Turje (Author), Scott Harrison (Author), Karen de Prinse (Author), Joanne Simons (Author), Carol Strike (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Substance use significantly impacts health and healthcare of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV), especially their ability to remain in hospital following admission. Supervised injection services (SIS) reduce overdoses and drug-related harms, but are not often provided within hos...