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A Fine LineIntroduction: Understanding Painkiller Use in Contemporary Society

A Fine Line: Introduction: Understanding Painkiller Use in Contemporary Society [This chapter begins the task of this book by outlining the conceptual tools needed to analyse non-medical consumption of pain medications in order to articulate how the use of painkillers illustrates a fine line between medical and illegal use, pain relief and pleasurable consumption. This chapter will thus set out the theoretical background on which the book is based and the social conditions on which it comments. It will explore the social construction of the term ‘painkiller’, provide a summary of medicalization scholarship, consumption in the late-modern age of anxiety, an explanation of the way pleasure will be dealt with throughout the book, as well as how the research was conducted in the study.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Springer Singapore
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
ISBN
978-981-13-1974-7
Pages
3 –34
DOI
10.1007/978-981-13-1975-4_1
Publisher site
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Abstract

[This chapter begins the task of this book by outlining the conceptual tools needed to analyse non-medical consumption of pain medications in order to articulate how the use of painkillers illustrates a fine line between medical and illegal use, pain relief and pleasurable consumption. This chapter will thus set out the theoretical background on which the book is based and the social conditions on which it comments. It will explore the social construction of the term ‘painkiller’, provide a summary of medicalization scholarship, consumption in the late-modern age of anxiety, an explanation of the way pleasure will be dealt with throughout the book, as well as how the research was conducted in the study.]

Published: Sep 16, 2018

Keywords: Drug useDrug; pleasurePleasure; consumptionConsumption; addictionAddiction; researchResearch

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