Positioning Alcohol's Harm to others (AHTO) within Alcohol Research: A Reinvented Perspective with Mixed Policy Implications:

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

KatariinaWarpenius¹ 

关键词: alcohol;    harm to others;    concepts;    policy;   

DOI  :  10.1515/nsad-2016-0041

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Aims & DesignThis overview analyses the recent emergence of the concept of alcohols harm to others (AHTO) and the potential policy implications embedded in this research perspective. The overview is an account of ways in which recent alcohol research has grasped the kind of harm that goes beyond the drinker. It positions the dimensions of alcohol's harm to others as a research perspective in relation to other established research approaches to alcohol-related problems.FindingsSeveral concepts presented within different disciplines have focused on how adverse consequences of drinking go beyond the individual drinker. However, the scientific discussion is still characterised by an obvious conceptual instability. Alongside the growing research interest in alcohol's harm to others there is a political discourse stressing the urgency of alcohol policy measures protecting innocent victims against damage from others' alcohol use.ConclusionsIn drawing attention to the interactional nature of alcohol-related harm,...

【 授权许可】

CC BY