Beyond all-or-nothing: why binary thinking undermines harm reduction in addiction medicine
In modern healthcare, decision-making favours neatly delineated, categorical imperatives. We prefer to say: ‘This practice is good’ and ‘That one is bad’, believing that each decision has a straightforward yes-or-no resolution. However, medicine thrives in uncertainty, partial improvements and small...
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| Main Authors: | Luke Manietta, William Drake |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-05-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425000699/type/journal_article |
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