Is groin injecting an ethical boundary for harm reduction? Miller, Peter G., Lintzeris, Nick and Forzisi, Luciana 2008, Is groin injecting an ethical boundary for harm reduction?, International journal of drug policy, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 486-491, doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.10.001. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Is groin injecting an ethical boundary for harm reduction? Author(s) Miller, Peter G. orcid.org/0000-0002-6896-5437 Lintzeris, Nick Forzisi, Luciana Journal name International journal of drug policy Volume number 19 Issue number 6 Start page 486 End page 491 Total pages 6 Publisher Elsevier B.V. Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2008-12 ISSN 0955-3959 1873-4758 Keyword(s) femoral injecting groin injecting harm reduction ethics ethical frameworks injecting clinic Summary Background Femoral vein (or groin) injecting by street drug users is an emerging public health issue in the UK. It has been proposed that groin injecting is becoming normalised among UK injecting drug users (IDUs), yet harm reduction strategies are currently piecemeal and some may be crossing the boundary of responsible provision of information. This paper discusses the interventions available to service providers dealing with groin injecting and explores the utility of ethical frameworks for informing service provider decisions. Methods Methods analysis of possible service provider responses using White and Popovits’ ethical decision-making framework. Results The use of ethical frameworks suggest that different types of groin injectors should receive different interventions. Injectors for whom the groin is a site of ‘last resort’ should be given information about how to inject there less dangerously, whereas ‘convenience’ groin injectors should be actively encouraged to inject elsewhere. Conclusion Groin injecting is a behaviour which represents a boundary for some harm reduction practices (such as providing ‘how to’ booklets to all injectors) as well as being an argument for more complex and environmentally appropriate harm reduction responses such as drug consumption rooms and training IDUs to maintain healthier injecting sites. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.10.001 Field of Research 111704 Community Child Health Socio Economic Objective 920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Crown copyright Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017875 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Psychology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:58:12 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 14:06:32 EST Tue, 15 Dec 2009, 14:12:13 EST Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 15:19:56 EST Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 15:21:17 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 12:19:03 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:10:05 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 8 times in TR Web of Science Cited 9 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1013 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:58:12 EST