Treating Heroin Addiction in Norway

The Pharmaceutical Other

Aleksandra Bartoszko

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Routledge
06 July 2021

Drug & substance abuse: social aspects; Social & cultural anthropology; Addiction & therapy; Medical anthropology

Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology

"Focusing on the world of Norwegian Opioid Substitution Treatment (OST) in the aftermath of significant reforms, this book casts a critical light on the intersections between medicine and law, and the ideologies infusing the notions of ""individual choice"" and ""patient involvement"" in the field of addiction globally.

With ethnographic attention to the encounters between patients, clinicians, and bureaucrats, the volume shows that OST sustains the realities it is meant to address. The chapters follow one particular patient through complex clinical and legal battles as they fight to achieve a better quality of life. The study provides ethnographic insight that captures the individual, experiential aspects of addiction treatment, and how these experiences find a register within different domains of treatment and policy, including the familial, social, legal, and clinical.

Offering a rare view of addiction treatment in a Scandinavian welfare state, this book will be of interest to scholars of medical and legal anthropology and sociology, and others with an interest in drug policy and addiction treatment."

By: Aleksandra Bartoszko
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367655549
ISBN 10: 0367655543
Series: Routledge Studies in Health and Medical Anthropology
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 06 July 2021
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Through the opioid landscape; 2 Pharmaceutical polyphony; 3 Pharmaceutical atmospheres; 4 Waiting for evidence; 5 Living longer than life; 6 From hope to §3-1; 7 Conclusions; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Aleksandra Bartoszko is a social anthropologist and Associate Professor at VID Specialized University in Oslo, Norway.