The Disease Concept of Alcoholism by E.M. Jellinek

The Disease Concept of Alcoholism by E.M. Jellinek.

This book is a 5th printing with the original dust jacket from 1972. This book was first published in 1960.

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"An honest publisher," Professor Jellinek remarked one day, "would warn on the jacket of this book that temperance societies and the alcoholic-beverage industry should not read it. It will not make them happy."

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“The project on which this book is based began in 1957 when the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation sponsored a study of attitudes throughout the world toward the concept of alcoholism as a disease. No individual could have been better chosen to carry out this work than the widely traveled multilingual dean of the field of research on alcohol problems, Dr. E. M. Jellinek.

His definitive survey explores the historical development of attitudes toward alcoholism as a disease; analyzes the varied scientific approaches to the prob-lem; and, finally, reviews beliefs and attitudes in different segments of the public in countries around the world. His original classification of "the alcoholisms" lays a foundation for a disease concept based on scientific principles.

For all who are seriously interested in this major public health problem this book is essential.”

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This book is in fair condition as there is liquid damage to the cover, pages inside, and dust jacket.

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