Drugs and Society - Couverture souple

Hanson, Glen R.; Venturelli, Peter J.; Fleckenstein, Annette E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1284036375 ISBN 13 : 9781284036374

Editeur : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Updated to keep pace with the latest data and statistics, Drugs and Society, Twelfth Edition, contains the most current information available concerning drug use and abuse. Written in an objective and user-friendly manner, this best-selling text continues to captivate students by taking a multidisciplinary approach to the impact of drug use and abuse on the lives of average individuals. A new modern design and robust ancillary package help students understand and retain key learning objectives from each chapter and prepare for class. Key Features Include: - Family Matters: Examples of how genetics and heredity contribute to drug abuse and its issues. - Prescription for Abuse: Current stories that illustrate the problems of prescription abuse and its consequences. - Holding the Line: Vignettes intended to help readers assess governmental efforts to deal with drug-related problems. - Case in Point: Examples of relevant clinical issues that arise from the use of each major group of drugs discussed. - Here and Now: Current events that illustrate the personal and social consequences of drug abuse. - Highlighted definitions: Definitions of new terminology are conveniently located on the same page of their discussion in the text. - Learning objectives: Goals for learning are listed at the beginning of each chapter to help students identify the principal concepts being taught. - Summary statements: Concise summaries found at the end of each chapter correlate with the learning objectives. - Chapter questions: Provocative questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to discuss, ponder, and critically analyze their own feelings and biases about the information presented in the book.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Glen R. Hanson is the vice dean of the School of Dentistry and a professor of pharmacology in the School of Dentistry at the University of Utah. He is also the Senior Advisor for the Mountain Plains PTTC (Prevention Technology Transfer Center), which is supported by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration of the Department of Heath and Human Services. During his approximately 30 years in academics, he has received more than $30 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), affiliated with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to research the neurobiology of drug abuse, and he has authored more than 240 scientific papers and 50 book chapters on the subject. Dr. Hanson has lectured on drug abuse topics throughout the world. He served as the director of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research at NIDA, after which he became NIDA’s acting director from 2001 to 2003. Dr. Hanson works with scientists, public officials, policy makers, and the general public to more effectively deal with problems of drug abuse addiction. Dr. Peter J. Venturelli has been the coauthor of this text since the second edition of Drugs and Society in 1988. In addition to revising this text every two years, the experiences and qualifications of Dr. Venturelli in academia and professional life include publishing research in drug and ethnic anthologies and scholarly journals, authoring approximately 60 conference papers at national professional sociological meetings, serving in elected and administrative positions in professional sociological and drug research, associations, receiving research grants involving drug use and ethnicity, authoring the latest drug research, serving as a board member at the Baldwin Research Institute (alcohol and drug retreats), and teaching undergraduate and graduate students for the past 32 years Dr. Annette E. Fleckenstein has been a coauthor of Drugs and Society since its seventh edition and is a professor and assistant dean in the School of Dentistry at the University of Utah. She has researched the neurobiology of substance abuse for more than 20 years, lectured on topics related to substance abuse throughout the United States and abroad, and authored more than 110 scientific papers and book chapters on this and related subjects. Dr. Fleckenstein has been a NIDA-funded researcher for more than 20 years and has a long history of lecturing to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1284036375
• ISBN 13: 9781284036374
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 664
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible