Addiction : evolution of a specialist field / / edited by Griffith Edwards

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807792803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Osney Mead, OX ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell Science, c2002
• ISBN: 9786610213467; 9781280213465; 1280213469; 9780470709542; 0470709545; 9780470776087; 0470776080; 9781405147507; 1405147504
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: viii, 400 p
• Altri autori (Persone): EdwardsGriffith
• Disciplina: 362.29
• Soggetti: Substance abuse; Addicts
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Addiction -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- I Addiction Scientists from the USA -- Vincent Dole -- Charles S. Lieber -- John Ball -- LeClair Bissell -- Avram Goldstein -- Howard T. Blane -- Murray Jarvik -- Frederick B. Glaser -- Commentary: Addiction Science in the USA -- II Canadian Addiction Scientists -- Reginald G. Smart -- Martha Sanchez-Craig -- Commentary: A Jewel in the Crown: the ARF, Toronto -- III Australia -- Robert J. Hawke -- Les Drew -- James Rankin -- David Hawks -- David Penington -- Commentary: Practitioner Policymakers -- IV Tobacco Researchers -- Richard Doll -- Charles Fletcher -- Ove Fernö -- Commentary: Pillars of Smoke -- V British Drug Researchers -- Joy Mott -- Thomas Bewley -- Raj Rathod -- Commentary: Nascent Heroin Problems and the Unfolding British Response -- VI High Policy in the USA -- Harold Hughes -- Jerome H. Jaffe -- Commentary: Present at the Creation -- VII Figures from Post-; War Europe -- Wilhelm Feuerlein -- Albert Tuyns -- Hans Halbach -- Commentary: Outstanding Scientists in Hard Conditions -- VIII Community Activists in the USA -- David Deitch -- Ignatius McDermott -- Commentary: Back to Becker -- IX Interplay of Research and Policy in Scandinavia -- Klaus Mäkelä -- Gabriel Romanus -- Commentary: Northern Lights: The Interplay of Research and Policies -- X The Specialist Field -- In Their Own Words: Conversations about the Evolution of a Specialist Field -- Interviewees and Interviewers -- Name Index -- Subject Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Over recent years the study of addiction has moved from being a fragmented and under-developed area of science to become a forefront subject with its own identity. This book describes that fascinating process of evolution through a series of probing face-to-face interviews with the international scientists and other actors in the field who helped make the process happen. * Unique in-depth interviews with 30 influential figures who have shaped modern addiction science. * Ten commentaries from leading contemporary experts interpret this material by section. * Recent history as base for future research planning and policy development