Griffith Edwards on history: Inebriety as a disease and Norman Kerr

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Griffith Edwards
Griffith Edwards
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68
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History And Historical Events
DATE ADDED:
23-08-2008
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 Griffith describes the roots of the disease model of addiction

Footnotes
1) Paper: Punishment or treatment? Inebriety, drink, and drugs, 1860 to 2004 [Prof Virginia Berridge The Lancet 2004]

Paper
Punishment or treatment? Inebriety, drink, and drugs, 1860–2004 [Prof Virginia Berridge The Lancet 2004]

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