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Opiate Addiction Morality And Medicine

From Moral Weakness To Pathological Disease

Palgrave Macmillan

Authors:

  1. Geoffrey Harding

    1. Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 1-5

  3. Opium and the British

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 7-16

  4. The Chinese Opium Wars

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 17-22

  5. The Anti-Opium Crusade

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 23-30

  6. Constructing Addiction as a Moral Failing

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 31-37

  7. Opium and the Quakers

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 38-46

  9. From Moral Illness to Pathological Disease

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 56-68

  10. Pathology and the Medical Model

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 69-82

  11. Conclusion

    • Geoffrey Harding
    Pages 83-86

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 87-98
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK

    Geoffrey Harding

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Opiate Addiction Morality And Medicine

  • Book Subtitle: From Moral Weakness To Pathological Disease

  • Authors: Geoffrey Harding

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19125-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1988

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-19125-3Published: 15 March 1988

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 98

  • Topics: Sociology, general

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