Agency lost and recovered: A social constructionist approach to smoking addiction and recovery

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 247-257

  McCullough, Lucy ^a   Anderson, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Agency; Counselling; Discursive therapy; Smoking; Social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876764681     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2012.709561     Document Type: Article

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