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Autore |
DeGrandpre Richard J |
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Titolo |
The cult of pharmacology : how America became the world's most troubled drug culture / / Richard DeGrandpre |
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Durham, : Duke University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-02245-1 |
9786613022455 |
0-8223-8819-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Drug utilization - United States |
Pharmaceutical industry - United States |
Drugs - Social aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-286) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Mama Coca -- Cult of the SSRI -- The emperor's new smokes -- The placebo text -- America's domestic drug affair -- War -- The drug reward -- Possessed by the stimulus -- Ideology. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Richard DeGrandpre, author of Ritalin Nation, targets the illogic underlying U.S. drug policy and Americans' limited understanding of what drugs are and how they work. |
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