The Evolution of Self-help - How a Health Movement Became an Institution - Hardback - 2008

Examines the institutionalization of self-help in the US using organizational and social movement theories. This book explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for various manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.
Year of publication: 2008
Pagination: 204 pages, Illustrations
Format: Hardback