The Politics of Addiction: Medical Conflict and Drug Dependence in England Since the 1960s

Author:   S. Mars
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
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9781349306886


Pages:   260
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Format:   Paperback
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The Politics of Addiction: Medical Conflict and Drug Dependence in England Since the 1960s


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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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Author:   S. Mars
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2012
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349306886


ISBN 10:   1349306886
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   01 January 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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.

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