Alcohol, psychiatry and society

Comparative and transnational perspectives, c. 1700-1990s
Herausgeber: Ernst, Waltraud; Müller, Thomas

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The medicalisation of alcohol use has become a prominent discourse that guides policy makers and impacts public perceptions of drinking. This book maps the historical and cultural dimensions of the phenomenon, emphasising medical attitudes to alcohol and the changing perception of consumption in psychiatry and mental health. -- .

Produktdetails

• Social Histories of Medicine
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9781526159403
• ISBN-10: 1526159406
• Artikelnr.: 63663950

Autorenporträt

Waltraud Ernst is Professor Emerita in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes University Thomas Müller is Professor in the History and Ethics of Medicine at Ulm University