The Politics of Addiction Medical Conflict and Drug Dependence in England since the 1960s
The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feedi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2012, 2012
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| Series: | Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Politics of Addiction examines power and policy-making in the context of a bitter conflict between private and publicly employed doctors treating addiction. Regulation was used by both the profession and the state to shape the treatment of addiction and who could provide it, with the media feeding into the process |
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| Physical Description: | XIII, 260 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781137272218 |