RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vancouver's "vision of hell" requires special type of MD
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 169
OP 172
VO 159
IS 2
A1 D. Jones
YR 1998
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/159/2/169.abstract
AB Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, the city's skid row, is in a state of emergency. Some 7000 injection drug users, about 40% of whom are HIV positive, mingle with prostitutes and the city's street people. The doctors who care for them say it is a potent and dangerous mix.