Public understandings of addiction: Where do neurobiological explanations fit?

Neuroethics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-62

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Neuroethics; Neuroscience; Public understandings of science

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHARACTER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMOTIONALITY; EPISTEMOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84896033698     PISSN: 18745490     EISSN: 18745504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-013-9180-1     Document Type: Article

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