'I don't think there's much of a rational mind in a drug addict when they are in the thick of it': Towards an embodied analysis of recovering heroin users

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 341-355

  Nettleton, Sarah ^a   Neale, Jo ^b   Pickering, Lucy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dys appearance; Embodiment; Habit; Heroin; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECORDING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79952225751     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01278.x     Document Type: Article

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