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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Paperback • 2010 • English

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

By Gabor Maté

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Based on Gabor Mate s two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his groundbreaking work with the severely addicted on Vancouver s skid row, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts" radically reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Mate presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout (and perhaps underpins) our society; not a medical "condition" distinct from the lives it aff...Show more

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ISBN

9781556438806

Publisher

NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

Format

Paperback

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