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The Evolution of Self-Help : Hardback : Palgrave Macmillan : 9780230600379 : 0230600379 : 09 Apr 2008 : This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.Read More

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    This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioral, and psychological problems.

  • 0230600379
  • 9780230600379
  • Matthew E. Archibald
  • 9 April 2008
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 204
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