Dying to Get High : Marijuana as Medicine / / Wendy Chapkis, Richard J. Webb
| Dying to Get High : Marijuana as Medicine / / Wendy Chapkis, Richard J. Webb |
| Autore | Chapkis Wendy |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
| Disciplina | 615.32345 |
| Soggetto topico | Marijuana - Therapeutic use - United States |
| Soggetto non controllato |
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America Uses WoMens book broad complex cooperative currently fascinating free history marijuana medical patients providing stage tackles terminally this unique |
| ISBN | 0-8147-9009-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Shamans and Snake Oil Salesmen -- 2. Set and Setting -- 3. The Greening of Modern Medicine -- 4. “Potheads Scamming the System” -- 5. Cannabis and Consciousness -- 6. Mother’s Milk and the Muffin Man -- 7. Love Grows Here -- 8. Lessons in Endurance and Impermanence -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790012703321 |
Chapkis Wendy
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| New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2009] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fat rights [[electronic resource] ] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / / Anna Kirkland
| Fat rights [[electronic resource] ] : dilemmas of difference and personhood / / Anna Kirkland |
| Autore | Kirkland Anna Rutherford |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
| Disciplina | 342.7308/7 |
| Soggetto topico |
Discrimination against overweight persons - Law and legislation - United States
Overweight persons - Civil rights - United States Discrimination - Law and legislation - United States Overweight persons - Social aspects - United States |
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Draws about adding antidiscrimination asking boundaries brought cases citizens currently disability first gender laws legal like lists little-known need protected provocative questions race raised rest that they traits weight where |
| ISBN |
0-8147-4907-0
0-8147-4819-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The challenge of difference -- Imagining legal protections for fatness -- Shifting the blame -- Balancing functional individuals and embedded selves -- Governing risk : medicalization and normalization -- Accomodating fatness -- Conclusion: What is worth wanting in American antidiscrimination law? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781915703321 |
Kirkland Anna Rutherford
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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