title: Jugular venipuncture and other innovative approaches to phlebotomy among people who inject drugs.
abstract: In their recent paper on patient experiences of accessing phlebotomy services in hospital outpatient clinics, Clements and colleagues state that there is a real need to better understand the responses of people who inject drugs to phlebotomy. They discuss the reasons why people who inject drugs might not be accessing healthcare services, especially in relation to treatment for hepatitis C. Their research is a welcome addition to the literature that emphasizes the stigma and discrimination faced by people who inject drugs, including within healthcare settings, and outlines the need to promote effective partnerships between healthcare workers and patients so as to deliver the best health outcomes.
authors: Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors: Catherine
authors: C
authors: Ferguson
authors: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Higgs
authors: The Australian National University & The University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Olsen
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018962:Phlebotomy / Q000523:psychology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: hepatitis C; people who inject drugs; phlebotomy; vein