1st Edition
Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway The Pharmaceutical Other
By Aleksandra Bartoszko
Copyright 2021
198 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Focusing on the world of Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms, this book casts a critical light on the intersections between medicine and law, and the ideologies infusing the notions of "individual choice" and "patient involvement" in the field of addiction globally.
With ethnographic attention to the encounters between patients, clinicians, and... Read more
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
1 Through the opioid landscape
2 Pharmaceutical polyphony
3 Pharmaceutical atmospheres
4 Waiting for evidence
5 Living longer than life
6 From hope to ยง3-1
7 Conclusions
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Aleksandra Bartoszko is a social anthropologist and Associate Professor at VID Specialized University in Oslo, Norway.
