Overview
- Proposes a novel theory that approaches pain as a commodity within an affective economy
- Offers a new framework for framing chronic pain management policy
- Appraises the growing medicinal cannabis industry from an international criminological perspective
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Although the book has theory at its heart, it draws extensively on case studies to identify the contradictions and complexities. Case studies are drawn from accounts of drug use in varied contexts such as prescription drugs, methamphetamine use, oxycodone use in North America, and the global rise of the medicinal cannabis marketplace.
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Book Title: Life in Pain
Book Subtitle: Affective Economy and the Demand for Pain Relief
Authors: John L. Fitzgerald
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5640-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5639-0Published: 15 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5640-6Published: 30 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 195
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Anthropology, Pain Medicine, Crime and Society, Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes, Social Policy, Cultural Studies