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HARM MINIMIZATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

A public health approach aimed at reducing the adverse health, social and economic consequences of at-risk activities such as the use of illicit substances.

Key term(s)
  • harm minimisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Approche en santé publique [qui vise à] réduire les conséquences sanitaires, sociales et économiques nuisibles de pratiques à risque comme la consommation de substances illicites.

CONT

La montée du sida, particulièrement au sein de la population toxicomane, a favorisé l'émergence de l'approche de réduction des méfaits, laquelle repose sur deux principes : le pragmatisme et l'humanisme.

Spanish

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