On the biomedicalization of alcoholism

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-321

  Berghmans, Ron ^a   de Jong, Johan ^a   Tibben, Aad ^b   de Wert, Guido ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Biomedicalization; Coercion; Ethics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOMEDICINE; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MORALITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA;

ALCOHOLISM; COERCION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MORALS; PATERNALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 69949141207     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9103-7     Document Type: Article

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