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Clinical guidelines for withdrawal management and treatment of drug dependence in closed settings

WHO WPRO


3 August 2009

Clinical guidelines for withdrawal management and treatment of drug dependence in closed settings

ISBN 978 92 9061 430 2

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Overview

These WHO guidelines are designed to assist staff of closed settings to provide safe and effective withdrawal management and treatment services for people who use drugs in the Western Pacifi c Region. For the purposes of this document, “closed settings” refers to prisons, work camps, compulsory drug treatment centres and any other institution in which people are detained.

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