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Record Nr.

UNISA996199872603316

Autore

Ettorre Elizabeth M.

Titolo

Gendered Moods : Psychotropics and Society

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1995

Los Angeles, : Sony Electronics [distributor]

ISBN

1-280-32130-X

0-585-45201-6

9786610321308

0-203-41866-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

306.461

615/.788

Soggetti

Drugs

Psychotropic drugs

Women

Medicine

Pharmacy

Social Science

Psychotropic drugs - Drug use

Psychotropic Drugs

Sex Factors

Affect

Persons

Emotions

Epidemiologic Factors

Central Nervous System Agents

Named Groups

Quality of Health Care

Public Health

Therapeutic Uses

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation

Environment and Public Health

Psychiatry and Psychology

Pharmacologic Actions

Chemical Actions and Uses

Delivery of Health Care

Chemicals and Drugs



Pharmacy, Therapeutics, & Pharmacology

Health & Biological Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: psychotropics and women; setting the scene; New challenges: the medical and sociological discourses; Social scientific perspectives: the 'users' and the 'providers'; Making gender visible: seeing 'layers' in the social construction of psychotropic drug use; Advertising as a representation of gendered moods; Analysing long-term use: users' narratives; Gendered moods and the lay culture; Dependency and the health care system; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index;

Sommario/riassunto

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