Publication

2010 - Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

50,000 words, Guess

Page Count

200 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC153.83
  • LCCHV5801 .H459 2010
  • LCCBF611

Description

"In a book sure to inspire controversy, Gene Heyman argues that conventional wisdom about addiction--that it is a disease, a compulsion beyond conscious control--is wrong. Drawing on psychiatric epidemiolioral economics, Heyman makes a powerful case that addiction is voluntary."--P. [4] of cover.

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Other Editions

  • Addiction: a disorder of choiceHarvard University Press2010-01-01

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