From boredom to dependence: The medicalisation of the Swedish gambling problem

AIMS - The aim of this study is to investigate the medicalising of gambling problems by comparing the political discussions on gambling in the Swedish Parliament in the early 1970s and the early 2010s. DESIGN - Against a theoretical background on medicalising processes in general, and medicalisation...

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Main Authors: Edman Johan, Berndt Josefine
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-02-01
Series:Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/nsad.2016.33.issue-1/nsad-2016-0006/nsad-2016-0006.xml?format=INT