Fighting firewater fictions : moving beyond the disease model of alcoholism in First Nations /
"In Fighting Firewater Fictions, Richard W. Thatcher describes and explains the emergence and perpetuation of the 'firewater complex' - the cultural construct of understandings and stereotypes surrounding alcoholism in First Nations reserve communities." "Alcoholism has been...
| Основен автор: | Thatcher, Richard, 1946- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
℗♭2004.
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Print version::
Fighting firewater fictions. |
Съдържание:
- 'More dry, more wet': drinking as pastime and problem in first nations
- Alcohol abuse: a social problem inviting various control strategies
- Alcoholism as pathology: the reasoning and allure of the disease perspective
- Challenges to the disease model as an explanation of problem drinking
- An unhealthy relationship: the profession of medicine and alcohol abuse treatment
- From myth to reification: the firewater complex
- Violence and the firewater complex
- Explanations of problem drinking in first nations that fall 'outside the pathology box'
- The genesis of alcohol abuse norms in first nation reserve communities: an explanatory outline
- Goverrnmental and community reinforcement of the firewater complex
- An effective alcohol abuse service system for first nations: philosophical foundations
- Structural change: targeting the 'root system' of problem drinking on reserves
- Effective prevention programming directly targeted on alcohol abuse
- Principles and issues in direct intervention: an overview
- Effective therapies for problem drinkers and alcohol-dependent clients
- Conclusion.