Identifying Hyperactive Children: The Medicalization of Deviant Behavior Expanded Edition (Ashgate Classics in Sociology) - Hardcover

Conrad, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754645185 ISBN 13: 9780754645184

Verlag: Routledge, 2006

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This is a new and expanded edition of a classic case-study in the medicalization of ADHD, originally published in 1976. The book centres on an empirical study of the process of identifying hyperactive children, providing a perceptive and accessible introduction to the concepts and issues involved. In this revised edition, Peter Conrad sets the original study in context, demonstrating the continuing relevance of his research. He highlights the issues at stake, outlining recent changes in our understanding of ADHD and reviewing recent sociological research. Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, publishing nine books and over eighty articles and chapters.

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Peter Conrad is Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences at Brandeis University, USA. He has written extensively in the area of medical sociology, and published over eighty articles and chapters and nine books.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0754645185
• ISBN 13: 9780754645184
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 184
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