Harm reduction principles for healthcare settings

• Main Authors: Mary Hawk (Author), Robert W. S. Coulter (Author), James E. Egan (Author), Stuart Fisk (Author), M. Reuel Friedman (Author), Monique Tula (Author), Suzanne Kinsky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Harm reduction refers to interventions aimed at reducing the negative effects of health behaviors without necessarily extinguishing the problematic health behaviors completely. The vast majority of the harm reduction literature focuses on the harms of drug use and on specific har...