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On Defining Alcoholism
Author(s) -
Madden J. S.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1976.tb00071.x
Subject(s) - convention , term (time) , psychology , epistemology , political science , philosophy , physics , law , quantum mechanics
Summary Definitions of alcoholism should not ascribe an essential nature to the condition. Instead they should follow the scientific convention in which the defined term is simply a working label for a designated group of phenomena.