What does 'acceptance' mean? Public reflections on the idea that addiction is a brain disease

BioSocieties

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 491-506

  Meurk, Carla ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a   Morphett, Kylie ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

addiction; discourse resonance; disease; health communication; neuroethics; stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888990488     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2013.24     Document Type: Article

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