Modafinil in the media: Metaphors, medicalisation and the body

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-495

  Coveney, Catherine M ^a   Nerlich, Brigitte ^a   Martin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human enhancement; Media; Medicalisation; Metaphor; Modafinil; Sleep; UK

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; DRUG USER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SLEEP; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

AROUSAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BIBLIOMETRICS; BODY IMAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COMMODIFICATION; CULTURE; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; METAPHOR; SLEEP; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; WAKEFULNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58349107496     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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