The chronic disease concept of addiction: Helpful or harmful?

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 309-321

  Wiens, Thomas K ^a   Walker, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Agency; Alcohol; Disease; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944030935     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2014.987760     Document Type: Article

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