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This work presents a comprehensive look at the social meaning of women's alcohol use, building a rich social and environmental context through which the contributors can challenge current policy and practice in the field. Raising concerns about the political role of alcohol abuse treatment in p...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Staddon, Patsy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2015.
Temas:
Women > Alcohol use > Great Britain.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Health aspects.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Physiological aspects.
Alcohol > Physiological effect.
Femmes > Consommation d'alcool > Grande-Bretagne.
Consommation d'alcool > Aspect physiologique.
Alcool > Effets physiologiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > Alcohol.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Work.
Alcohol > Physiological effect
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Health aspects
Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Physiological aspects
Women > Alcohol use
Women > Health and hygiene
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures and boxes
  • Foreword
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • The social construction of women's alcohol use
  • The context for a social model of alcohol use
  • Alcohol and moral regulation in historical context
  • Normalisation of hedonism? Challenging convergence culture through ethnographic studies of alcohol consumption by young adults
  • a feminist exploration
  • Alcohol, young women's culture and gender hierarchies
  • Domestic abuse and women's use of alcohol
  • Different women, different perspectives
  • Older women and alcohol
  • The silences in our dance: Black Caribbean women and alcohol (mis)use
  • A drink in my hand: why 'putting down the glass' may be too simple a solution for lesbian women
  • Been there, seen that, done it! An auto-ethnographic narrative account of alcohol use
  • A social approach to women's alcohol treatment
  • The right 'space' for women: examining effective treatment in primary care for women's dependent and problematic alcohol consumption
  • Responding to women's alcohol problems through adult community learning provision
  • What alcohol support women say they need: evidence from service user-led research and practice
  • The social model in alcohol treatment services: the impact for women
  • Conclusion
  • Subject index
  • Author index

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