Gendering Addiction [electronic resource] : The Politics of Drug Treatment in a Neurochemical World /
Campbell, N.author.
Ettorre, E.author.
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?
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Getting gender on the agenda: a history of pioneers in drug treatment for women -- Raising consciousness or controlling women? Women's drug and alcohol treatment re-emerges -- Undue burdens: the emergence of feminist treatment advocacy in a masculinist system -- 'Unearthing women' in drug policy: where do women fit-or do they? -- Reproducing bodies and governing motherhood: drug-using women and reproductive loss.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Social medicine.
Sociology.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Feminist theory.
Medical laws and legislation.
Medical Sociology.
Gender Studies.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Feminism.
Medical Law.
Sociology, general.