Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma, methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and innumerable engaged onlookers. This book aims to examine the controversial approach to addiction, providing in the process a unique approach to literature on illicit drugs
Table of Content
Introduction 1 Substitution, Metaphor and Authenticity 2 Governing Treatment 3 The Chronotope of the Queue 4 Treatment Identities 5 Repetition and Rupture: The Gender of Agency Conclusion: Dependence, Contingency and the Productivity of Problems
About the author
Dr SUZANNE FRASER, Lecturer, Monash University, Australia. Dr KYLIE VALENTINE, Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 203 ● ISBN 9780230582569 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Publisher Palgrave Macmillan UK ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2008 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4970424 ● Copy protection Social DRM