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The Prescription-to-Prison Pipeline
The Medicalization and Criminalization of Pain
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English
Published/Copyright:
2023
About this book
Michelle Smirnova argues that the ongoing opioid drug epidemic is the result of an endless cycle in which suffering is medicalized and drug use is criminalized.
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Michelle Smirnova is Associate Professor of Sociology and Affiliate Faculty of Race, Ethnic, and Gender Studies at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
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"The Prescription-to-Prison Pipeline highlights ways in which inequity in medical and legal systems manifests inpatients who develop substance use issues following being prescribed medicine. Knowledge of these forces and howthey intersect fosters one’s commitment to changing them. The need is great and requires efforts in multiple sectors. Dismantling inequity is an enormous task."
-- Elizabeth C. Halloran Family Medicine
"Michelle Smirnova’s The Prescription-to-Prison is a compelling narrative that hits squarely across numerous areas of sociology, including deviance and social control, criminology, medical sociology, social stratification, race/ethnicity, social class, and gender."
-- Thomas J. Mowen American Journal of Sociology
-- Thomas J. Mowen American Journal of Sociology
"I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to understand the political economy of pain in the United States. I applaud Smirnova for her clarity of analysis. I sincerely hope this book is read by the broad group of US professional communities, including health care workers, policy makers, prison directors, and many others, who are responsible for improving the management of pain and ensuring better outcomes for our fellow citizens."
-- Ryan Whitacre Journal of Anthropological Research
-- Ryan Whitacre Journal of Anthropological Research
"A work of thorough, balanced, but impassioned advocacy."
-- Martha Tillson Contemporary Sociology
-- Martha Tillson Contemporary Sociology
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CONTENTS
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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INTRODUCTION Quick Fixes to Enduring Problems
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1 THE MEDICALIZATION AND CRIMINALIZATION OF PAIN
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2 PRESCRIPTION Getting hooked
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3 PIPELINE Sorting use from abuse
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4 PRISON From medicalization to criminalization
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CONCLUSIONS When Medicine Becomes a Drug
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APPENDIX Methodological Note
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NOTES
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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February 23, 2023
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9781478024330
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176
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Professional and scholarly;
