The Politics of Addiction

Medical Conflict and Drug Dependence in England Since the 1960s
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-22138-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 469 g

Reihe: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mars, S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Glossary List of Abbreviations Introduction 1965-2010: A Background Sketch Prescribing and Proscribing: The Treatment and Rehabilitation Report Defining 'Good Clinical Practice' Ambiguous Justice: The General Medical Council and Dr Ann Dally 'Friendly' visits and 'Evil Men': The Home Office Drugs Inspectorate Unifying Hierarchs and Fragmenting Individualists: Three Professional Groups Guidelines and the Licensing Question Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

SARAH MARS is the Qualitative Project Director, Heroin Price and Purity Outcomes Study, at the University of San Francisco, California. She read history at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, UK, and received a PhD from the University of London. Since contributing to various drug policy reports, she has worked on the history of drugs, alcohol and tobacco at the University of California, San Francisco and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.