wyszukanych pozycji: 14
Sex, Drugs, and Hiv/AIDS in Brazil
ISBN: 9780813334240 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Brazil ranked second only to the United States in the number of reported cases of AIDS. Because Brazil's extensive poverty and inequality, its fragile economic situation, and its limited network of health services, the scarce prevention/intervention resources targeted only the most visible at risk populations -- gay men, sailors, prostitutes, and street children. Virtually forgotten were Brazil's hidden drug users, as well as the tens of millions of individuals living in the country's thousands of favelas, or shantytowns, which are a...
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Brazil ranked second only to the United States in the number of reported cases of AIDS. Because Brazil's...
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259,80 zł |
Sex, Drugs, and Hiv/AIDS in Brazil
ISBN: 9780367096205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Brazil ranked second only to the United States in the number of reported cases of AIDS. Because Brazil's extensive poverty and inequality, its fragile economic situation, and its limited network of health services, the scarce prevention/intervention resources targeted only the most visible at risk populations -- gay men, sailors, prostitutes, and street children. Virtually forgotten were Brazil's hidden drug users, as well as the tens of millions of individuals living in the country's thousands of favelas, or shantytowns, which are a...
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Brazil ranked second only to the United States in the number of reported cases of AIDS. Because Brazil's...
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701,59 zł |
Cocaine-Exposed Infants: Social, Legal, and Public Health Issues
ISBN: 9780803970861 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interactive and less able to bond than other children. It was concluded that these conditions were irreversible. However, methodological problems in these early studies, combined with the fact that cocaine-using mothers abuse other drugs as well, has left the research and public health communities uncertain as to the cause and effect relationship between cocaine use and pre//postnatal consequences.
Cocaine-Exposed Infants examines what is known about... Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interacti...
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598,63 zł |
The Drug Legalization Debate
ISBN: 9780803936782 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Suggests various ways to cope with the drug problem including the possibility of drug legalization. It describes the history of drug use and abuse and examines the approaches of governments to drug control including deterrence, treatment, education and prevention.
Suggests various ways to cope with the drug problem including the possibility of drug legalization. It describes the history of drug use and abuse and...
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561,21 zł |
Cocaine-Exposed Infants: Social, Legal, and Public Health Issues
ISBN: 9780803970878 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interactive and less able to bond than other children. It was concluded that these conditions were irreversible. However, methodological problems in these early studies, combined with the fact that cocaine-using mothers abuse other drugs as well, has left the research and public health communities uncertain as to the cause and effect relationship between cocaine use and pre//postnatal consequences.
Cocaine-Exposed Infants examines what is known about... Research in the mid-1980s on the effects of prenatal drug abuse characterized cocaine-exposed children as moody, inconsolable, less socially interacti...
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420,96 zł |
Harm Reduction: National and International Perspectives
ISBN: 9780761906889 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. International contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of harm reduction policies and examine their outcomes. With particular emphasis on the conflicts between public health systems, where most programmes are located, and a world-wide criminal justice system that further marginalizes drug users.
International contributors discuss the philosophical basis and history of harm reduction policies and examine their outcomes. With particular emphasis...
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420,96 zł |
Heroin in the Age of Crack-Cocaine
ISBN: 9780761904243 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments and emerging trends in prevention, treatment, distribution and consumption. Filling a void in the literature on what is known about the 'new' heroin users, this volume also updates the reader on the status of ageing heroin-addicted populations who initiated use of the drug prior to the 'age of cocaine'.
This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments an...
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420,96 zł |
Heroin in the Age of Crack-Cocaine
ISBN: 9780761904236 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments and emerging trends in prevention, treatment, distribution and consumption. Filling a void in the literature on what is known about the 'new' heroin users, this volume also updates the reader on the status of ageing heroin-addicted populations who initiated use of the drug prior to the 'age of cocaine'.
This book presents an historical overview of heroin use in the USA, as well as articles by experts in the field which focus on current developments an...
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665,22 zł |
The American Drug Scene: Readings in a Global Context
ISBN: 9780199362080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Now in its seventh edition, The American Drug Scene, edited by James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath, is a collection of contemporary and classic articles on the changing patterns, problems, perspectives, and policies of legal and illicit drug use. Offering a unique focus on the social contexts in which drug usage, drug-related problems, and drug policies occur, it presents theoretical and descriptive material drawn from both ethnographic and quantitative sources.
Now in its seventh edition, The American Drug Scene, edited by James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath, is a collection of contemporary and cla...
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956,45 zł |
The Drug Legalization Debate
ISBN: 9780761906896 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE U.K. ADDRESSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.
PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE U.K. ADDRESSES ON IMPRINT PAGE.
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665,22 zł |
Handbook of Drug Control in the United States
ISBN: 9780313261909 / Angielski / Twarda / 1990 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. As the first director of National Drug Control Policy is appointed to the federal cabinet, this timely "Handbook" surveys the U.S. government's efforts to control illegal drugs. In his valuable contribution toward effectively dealing with this problem, Inciardi successfully avoids the traps that have misled so many in the past, such as devising a single prefabricated solution and waging yet another war on drugs. Instead, he offers a useful way of thinking about the problem, which, while not a solution in itself, provides the tools necessary to develop a realistic and effective national... As the first director of National Drug Control Policy is appointed to the federal cabinet, this timely "Handbook" surveys the U.S. government's eff... |
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328,23 zł |
The Drug Legalization Debate
ISBN: 9780761906902 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involved in the continuing drug legalization debate - including deterrence, treatment, education, and prevention. It also examines drug use trends at the end of the millennium, the use of cannabis as a wonder drug and a look at whether legalizing drugs would really reduce violent crime. Retaining the focus and the spirit of the acclaimed First Edition, The Drug Legalization Debate, Second Edition, addresses the major issues involve... |
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420,96 zł |
Sex, Drugs, and the Continuing Spread of AIDS
ISBN: 9780195329704 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The book covers the nature and origins of AIDS, its social dimensions and impact on people and institutions, and alternatives for reducing the continuing spread of the disease. McCoy and Inciardi offer a breadth of perspectives on important issues from a wide array of sources--without pitting these viewpoints against each other. The chapters largely follow the chronology of the AIDS epidemic.
Written in plain English, the book's direct, illustrative style bridges the gap between scholarly literature and the literate lay reader with a tasteful synthesis of information, research, and themes... The book covers the nature and origins of AIDS, its social dimensions and impact on people and institutions, and alternatives for reducing the continu...
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707,02 zł |
The Effectiveness of Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse
ISBN: 9780313300653 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This edited collection builds on the editors' previous works "Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches" (Greenwood, 1994) and "Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies" (Greenwood, 1993). This new book carries the study further by looking at the effectiveness of these treatment approaches. The essays represent an effort to systematically integrate science and practice in order to improve drug abuse treatment.
This edited collection builds on the editors' previous works "Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches" (Greenwood, 1994) ... |
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382,94 zł |