title: The perception of drug users about their human rights.
abstract: The objective was to understand how illegal drug users monitored at a psychosocial care center for alcohol and drug users perceive and experience their human rights. The data were collected through semistructured interviews with 17 users and analyzed through content analysis. The results demonstrated the difficulty the users perceive to express what their human rights are, as if rights were something extraneous to their own life, particularly in function of the prejudice and stigma related to illegal drugs use in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Human Sciences, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Electronic address: caaventu@eerp.usp.br.
authors.forename: Carla Aparecida Arena
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.affiliation: Bachelor and Teaching Diploma Program in Nursing, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Electronic address: juliana.santos84@usp.br.
authors.forename: Juliana Cristina
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.affiliation: General and Specialized Nursing Department, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Electronic address: iamendes@usp.br.
authors.forename: Isabel Amélia Costa
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.affiliation: General and Specialized Nursing Department, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing. Electronic address: trevizan@usp.br.
authors.forename: Maria Auxiliadora
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Trevizan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D036301:Qualitative Research; D057545:Social Stigma; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs