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The condition of alcoholism commands less acceptance, less respect, from people in general, from physicians in particular, and from psychiatrists even, than its importance merits. I want to discuss three reasons for this. As a by-product I hope also to illustrate something of the picture that alcoholism presents.
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Kessel, N. (1967). Alcoholism. In: Platt, T.L., Parkes, A.S. (eds) Social and Genetic Influences on Life and Death. Eugenics Society Symposia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6365-9_12
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