title: 'Tapping a tie': successful partnerships in managing addictions with methadone.
abstract: The Fredericton Community Health Clinic (FCHC) was established to provide comprehensive, accessible, and acceptable services to an underserved population who were downtown, poor, homeless, and living with addictions. A research team conducted a descriptive study to investigate how nurses' roles evolved in this setting and to understand these roles through stakeholders' eyes. We describe the perceptions of client stakeholders who first accessed the FCHC for help with opioid addictions. Findings include what drew clients in, their decision to access addiction treatment, their perceptions of nurses' roles, and the influence on their lives.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
authors.forename: Kathy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: MacIntosh
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Getty
mesh_terms: D016739:Behavior, Addictive; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use*