HEAVY DRINKING: THE MYTH OF ALCOHOLISM AS A DISEASE

Fingarette, Herbert

ISBN 10: 0520062906 / ISBN 13: 9780520062900

Published by University of California Press, 1988

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Berkeley: University of California Press, (1988). 1st Edition. x, 166 p. Hardbound with DJ. The DJ has some very slight edgewear. Still a bright looking and clean copy. Fine/Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 801

Bibliographic Details

Title: HEAVY DRINKING: THE MYTH OF ALCOHOLISM AS A ...

Publisher: University of California Press

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

Heavy Drinking informs the general public for the first time how recent research has discredited almost every widely held belief about alcoholism, including the very concept of alcoholism as a single disease with a unique cause. Herbert Fingarette presents constructive approaches to heavy drinking, including new methods of helping heavy drinkers and social policies for preventing heavy drinking and the harms associated with it.

About the Author:

Herbert Fingarette, a distinguished professor at the University of California, has been a consultant on alcoholism and addiction to the World Health Organization, and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. His work has had a significant influence on the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and current national policy makers on substance abuse.