Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths By Boyd, Susan

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Title
Mothers and Illicit Drugs: Transcending the Myths
ISBN
9780802081513
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-10
0802081517
ISBN-13
9780802081513
eBay Product ID (ePID)
651014

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mothers and Illicit Drugs : Transcending the Myths
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Social Work, Physician & Patient, Parenting / Motherhood, Psychopathology / Addiction
Type
Textbook
Author
Susan C. Boyd
Subject Area
Family & Relationships, Social Science, Psychology, Medical
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2001-615321
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
362.2908520971
Synopsis
During the past decade, media and medical forces have combined to create an alarming view of pregnant mothers who use illicit drugs. The result has been increased state control of these women and their infants. This in-depth study is the first in Canada to look at how mothers who use illicit drugs regard the laws, medical practices, and social services that intervene in their lives. Focusing on practices in western Canada, Susan C. Boyd argues that licit and illicit drug categories are artificial and dangerous and that the evidence for neonatal syndrome (NAS) is suspect and ideologically driven. She shows that women of colour and poor women are treated much more harshly by authorities, that current regulations erode women's civil liberties, and that social control is the aim of drug policy and law. The study highlights mothers' views of the NAS program at Sunny Hill Hospital for Children in Vancouver. Writing from a critical feminist perspective, Boyd exposes some surprising social fictions - those that separate 'good' and 'bad' drugs, as they do 'good' and 'bad' mothers., A critical feminist expose of some surprising social fictions about both "good" and "bad" drugs, and "good" and "bad" mothers.
LC Classification Number
HV5824.W6B69 1999

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