Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness - Peter Conrad - Books - Temple University Press,U.S. - 9780877229995 - October 15, 1992
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Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness


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Focusing on the nature of deviance, this book investigates the origins and contemporary consequences of the medicalization of deviance. It examines specific cases of madness, alcoholism, opiate addiction, homosexuality, delinquency, and child abuse and draws out their theoretical and policy implications.


263 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 15, 1992
ISBN13 9780877229995
Publishers Temple University Press,U.S.
Pages 263
Dimensions 156 × 234 × 7 mm   ·   207 g

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