| 期刊全称 | Alcohol and Liver Cirrhosis in Twentieth-Century Britain | | 影响因子2023 | Ryosuke Yokoe | | 视频video | | | 发行地址 | Sheds new light on the history of the science of alcohol in the twentieth century, a currently underresearched area.Challenges theories which disassociate the reputation of alcohol with scientific kno | | 图书封面 |  | | 影响因子 | .The relationship between alcohol consumption and liver cirrhosis has long been contested by doctors and medical professionals, creating numerous implications for the public reputation of alcohol in Britain. Despite this, it was not until the 1970s that cirrhosis came to be understood as an ‘alcoholic disease’. This book contextualises developments in this debate through the twentieth century by examining the significant influence that medical expertise had on policy responses to alcohol misuse, as well as the social reputation of alcohol consumption. It demonstrates how the degree to which drinking was seen to be responsible for liver disease directly shaped how different groups, such as the temperance movement and the drinks industry, exaggerated or downplayed the destructive properties of alcohol. Covering a series of themes including the science of disease causation, the social standing of medical expertise, and alcohol and public health policy, this book argues that in order toproperly understand the trajectory of debates around drinking we need to consider the twentieth-century ‘alcohol problem’ as primarily a medical issue. Contrary to the tendency by existing works to disas | | Pindex | Book 2023 |
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