Governing habits : treating alcoholism in the post-Soviet clinic

Governing habits treating alcoholism in the post-Soviet clinic

Critics of narcology-as addiction medicine is called in Russia-decry it as being "backward," hopelessly behind contemporary global medical practices in relation to addiction and substance abuse, and assume that its practitioners lack both professionalism and expertise. On the basis of his...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: NEH CARES grant funder (funder)
Other Authors: Raikhel, Eugene A., 1975- author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, [New York] ; London, [England] : Cornell University Press 2016.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Expertise (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Subjects:
Alcoholics > Institutional care > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Alcoholism > Treatment > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Alcoholism > Hospitals > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Post-communism > Health aspects > Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009649798306719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. States of Crisis
  • 2. Assembling Narcology
  • 3. Selling Sobriety
  • 4. Prostheses for the Will
  • 5. Rehabilitation from Abroad
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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