John Strang on the history of injectable prescribing in the ‘old British System’
Posted on 19-09-2010
John describes his early view of the role of injectable prescribing, and discusses the publications he was involved with producing at the time. By the late 80’s John began to see injectable prescribing having a role with patients who were not helped by oral maintenance.
John Strang
Head of Addictions Department, Kings College UK
Location: London
Professor John Strang is currently Head of the Addictions Department at Kings College London and Head of the newly formed Addictions Clinical Academic Group (Academic Health Science Centre). See full CV in John Strang's FEAD Contributor Documents. Professor in the Psychiatry of the Addictions National Addiction Centre (Kings College) John has led on a number of…
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