$75.49
Author: Edwards Edwards
Brand: Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
Edition: 1
Features:
Number Of Pages: 412
Details: Product Description
Over recent years the study of addiction has moved from being a fragmented and under-developed area of science to become a forefront subject with its own identity. This book describes that fascinating process of evolution through a series of probing face-to-face interviews with the international scientists and other actors in the field who helped make the process happen.
Unique in-depth interviews with 30 influential figures who have shaped modern addiction science.
Ten commentaries from leading contemporary experts interpret this material by section.
Recent history as base for future research planning and policy development
Review
“It’s such a good book that I decided to buy 5 extra copies and use them as Christmas presents” Professor Ilana Crome, Professor of Addiction Psychiatry / Academic Director of Psychiatry, Keele University Medical School
From the Back Cover
Addiction is the first book in a new book series from Addiction Press. Addiction Press was set up with the express purpose of communicating current ideas and evidence in this expanding field, not only to researchers and practising health professionals, but also to policy makers, students and interested non-specialists. These publications are designed to address the significant challenges that addiction presents to modern society.
The study of addiction has moved from being a fragmented and under-developed area of science to become a frontier subject with its own identity. This book describes that fascinating process of evolution through a series of face-to-face interviews with the international scientists and other protagonists in the field who helped make the process happen. For instance, Sir Richard Doll, whose pioneering work helped establish the relationship between cigarette smoking and cancer of the lung, and Dr Jerome Jaffe, America’s first “Drugs Czar”, who describes how Richard Nixon came to see the national importance of the research base for a more effective response to America’s devastating heroin problem among GIs during the Vietnam War.
Key Features
· Unique in-depth interviews with 30 influential figures who have shaped modern addiction science
· Commentaries from leading contemporary experts offer interpretations of each section
· Provides international perspectives
Addiction Interviews is of direct interest to researchers, clinicians and policy-makers in countries which are throughout the world trying to find better ways of dealing with alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs. It is a book which both shares recent history and discerns future directions.
About the Author
Griffith Edwards is Editor in Chief of the international scientific journal Addiction and Emeritus Professor of Addiction Behaviour at the Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, United Kingdom.
Release Date: 04-10-2002
Package Dimensions: 26x250x862