Author: Massachusetts. State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Publisher:
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Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Annual Report of the State Board of Lunacy and Charity of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts. State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Publisher:
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Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Annual Report of the Trustees of the Foxborough State Hospital for the Year Ending ...
Author: Foxborough State Hospital
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 66
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Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. State Board of Charity
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1128
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Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1590
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 1590
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Alcoholism in America
Author: Sarah W. Tracy
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801891671
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one might imagine that this dual approach is a reflection of today's enlightened and sympathetic society, historian Sarah Tracy discovers that efforts to medicalize alcoholism are anything but new. Alcoholism in America tells the story of physicians, politicians, court officials, and families struggling to address the danger of excessive alcohol consumption at the turn of the century. Beginning with the formation of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates in 1870 and concluding with the enactment of Prohibition in 1920, this study examines the effect of the disease concept on individual drinkers and their families and friends, as well as the ongoing battle between policymakers and the professional medical community for jurisdiction over alcohol problems. Tracy captures the complexity of the political, professional, and social negotiations that have characterized the alcoholism field both yesterday and today. Tracy weaves American medical history, social history, and the sociology of knowledge into a narrative that probes the connections among reform movements, social welfare policy, the specialization of medicine, and the social construction of disease. Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801891671
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Despite the lack of medical consensus regarding alcoholism as a disease, many people readily accept the concept of addiction as a clinical as well as a social disorder. An alcoholic is a victim of social circumstance and genetic destiny. Although one might imagine that this dual approach is a reflection of today's enlightened and sympathetic society, historian Sarah Tracy discovers that efforts to medicalize alcoholism are anything but new. Alcoholism in America tells the story of physicians, politicians, court officials, and families struggling to address the danger of excessive alcohol consumption at the turn of the century. Beginning with the formation of the American Association for the Cure of Inebriates in 1870 and concluding with the enactment of Prohibition in 1920, this study examines the effect of the disease concept on individual drinkers and their families and friends, as well as the ongoing battle between policymakers and the professional medical community for jurisdiction over alcohol problems. Tracy captures the complexity of the political, professional, and social negotiations that have characterized the alcoholism field both yesterday and today. Tracy weaves American medical history, social history, and the sociology of knowledge into a narrative that probes the connections among reform movements, social welfare policy, the specialization of medicine, and the social construction of disease. Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction.
Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. State Board of Lunacy and Charity
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Insanity (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Catalogue of Annual Reports Contained in the Massachusetts Public Documents
Author: Massachusetts Library Club
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. Board of Insanity
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Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Category : Asylums
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Annual Report
Author: Massachusetts. State Board of Insanity
Publisher:
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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