Heroin addiction, ethics and philosophy of medicine.
Heroin addiction, ethics and philosophy of medicine.
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海洛因成瘾、伦理学和医学哲学。
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
P. Sporken
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作者:
H. Ten Have;P. Sporken
This article discusses various ethical and philosophical aspects of heroin addiction. It arose as a result of the plan by the Amsterdam city council to supply free heroin to drug addicts. The objective of treatment of heroin addicts is ambivalent because what is in fact a socio-cultural problem is transformed into a medical problem. The characteristics of this treatment are made explicit through a philosophical analysis which sees the medical intervention as part of a strategy aimed at achieving social normalisation. The reason why such a social control function is practised by physicians is discussed, as well as the reason why heroin users in particular are the object of such a process. In this paper, heroin addiction is considered primarily as a cultural problem. The consequences of this for treatment and ethics form the conclusion.