The chronic disease concept of addiction : helpful or harmful?
In contemporary culture, socially deviant behavior is increasingly being conceptualized as the result of a disease. This, perhaps, is most salient in regards to addiction. The chronic disease model of alcoholism has its roots in early assumptions that have recently been discredited or at least cha...
Main Author: | Wiens, Thomas K. |
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/49952 |
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