'Screwed for life': Examining identification and division in addiction narratives

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-26

  Jodlowski, Denise ^a   Sharf, Barbara F ^a   Nguyen, Loralee Capistrano ^b   Haidet, Paul ^b   Woodard, Lechauncy D ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burke; Illness narratives; Online communication; Opiate addiction; Recovery; Social support

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE PLUS NALOXONE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; METHADONE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34548202703     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CAM.2007.003     Document Type: Article

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