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The Politics of Addiction - (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History) by S Mars (Hardcover)

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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.
About the Author: SARAH MARS is the Qualitative Project Director, Heroin Price and Purity Outcomes Study, at the University of San Francisco, California.
260 Pages
History, Europe
Series Name: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

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Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.6 Inches (H) x 5.7 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.1 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 260

Genre: History

Sub-Genre: Europe

Series Title: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Theme: Great Britain, General

Format: Hardcover

Author: S Mars

Language: English

Street Date: August 20, 2012

TCIN: 1006476463

UPC: 9780230221383

Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-1449

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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