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1 online resource (184 pages) |
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Ashgate Classics in Sociology |
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Ashgate classics in sociology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; List of Tables; Series Editor's Preface; Introduction to the Expanded Edition; Foreword to the Original Edition; Preface to the Original Edition; 1 Introduction: Sociology, Illness, and Deviant Behavior; Conceptual Framework; Overview; 2 The Discovery of Hyperkinesis; The Medical Diagnosis of Hyperkinesis; The Discovery of Hyperkinesis; Discussion; The Emergence of Medical Labels; 3 Methodology; Types of Methods; Grounded Theory; The Sample; Validity and Reliability; Limitations of this Study; 4 The Setting and the Sample; The Setting; The Sample |
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5 Identifying Behavior as Deviant and Defining Deviance as a Medical Problem: Audience Reactions to Children's BehaviorIdentifying Behavior as Deviance; Interaction of Two Audiences: Schools and Family; Defining Deviance as a Medical Problem; Comment on Labeling and Referral in the Community; Summary; 6 The Social Construction of Hyperactivity: Uncertainty and Medical Diagnosis; The Problem of Uncertainty; Conditions of Uncertainty at the HA-LD Clinic; Routines of Evaluation at the HA-LD Clinic; The Social Creation of Evidence; Strategies for Minimizing Uncertainty; Discussion; Conclusion |
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7 The Medicalization of Deviant BehaviorThe Problem of Expert Control; Medical Social Control; The Individualization of Social Problems; The Depolitization of Deviant Behavior; Conclusion; 8 Toward a Social System Approach to Hyperactivity: Situational Hyperactivity; The Medical-Clinical Approach; A Social System Approach to Hyperactivity; Situational Hyperactivity; Situational Hyperactivity: Case Examples; Discussion; Conclusion; 9 Clinic Outcomes, Conclusions, and Areas for Further Research; Clinic Outcomes; Conclusions; Implications for Clinical Practice; Areas for Further Research |
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10 Epilogue: A Theory of the Medicalization of Deviant BehaviorConditions for the Medicalization of Deviant Behavior; Conclusion; Epilogue 2000: From Hyperactive Children to ADHD Adults: Observations on the Expansion of Medical Categories; Appendices; Appendix A Parent's Interview Schedule; Appendix B Proposed Etiological Types of Hyperactivity; References; Index; About the Author |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Aldridge, Dr. Alan
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Dingwall, Professor Robert
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Stangleman, Mr. Tim
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Strangleman, Prof. Tim
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| ISBN |
9781351929127 |
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1351929127 |
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