Pathological Gambling : The Making of a Medical Problem
Pathological Gambling : The Making of a Medical Problem
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Author(s): Castellani, Brian
ISBN No.: 9780791445211
Pages: 230
Year: 200003
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 133.13
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Acknowledgments PART I Introduction A Note on Strategy: Assemblage and Discursive Negotiations PART II 1. The Birth of Gambling as a Medical Object of Investigation 2. The Trial of John Torniero 3. Constructing the Gambling Subject: Views from within the Medical Model 4. The Defense's Argument 5. In-patient Treatment 6. Gamblers Anonymous and the Gambling Councils 7. The Prosecution's Argument 8.


The Gambling Industry 9. Government 10. Diagnosed Pathological Gamblers 11. The World of Inveterate Gamblers 12. The Family: A Group with No Discursive Voice 13. The Judge's Decision PART III 14. Epilogue: Addressing the Problems of Pathological Gambling Notes References Index.


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