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Gendering Addiction : The Politics of Drug Treatment in a Neurochemical World /

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This study, by two leading scholars in the field, draws on feminist theory and science and technology studies to uncover a basic injustice for the human rights of drug-using women: most women who need drug treatment in the US and UK do not get it. Why not?

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Campbell, Nancy D. (Author), Ettorre, Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Social Sciences.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Feminism.
Gender Studies.
Medical Law.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology, general.
Adolescence.
Children.
Feminist theory.
Gender expression.
Gender identity.
Medical laws and legislation.
Sex (Psychology)
Social groups.
Social medicine.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Electronic books.
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Summary:This study, by two leading scholars in the field, draws on feminist theory and science and technology studies to uncover a basic injustice for the human rights of drug-using women: most women who need drug treatment in the US and UK do not get it. Why not?
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 253 pages)
ISBN:9780230314245
DOI:10.1057/9780230314245