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White prescriptions? : the dangerous social potential for Ritalin and other psychotropic drugs to harm black boys

Title
White prescriptions? : the dangerous social potential for Ritalin and other psychotropic drugs to harm black boys / Terence D. Fitzgerald.
Author
Fitzgerald, Terence D.
Publication
Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2009.

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Description
xvi, 183 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • African American high school students > Social conditions
  • African American high school students > Medicine
  • African American high school students > Drug use
  • At-risk youth > Education > United States
  • At-risk youth > Behavior modification > United States
  • Methylphenidate > Side effects
  • Psychotropic drugs > Side effects
  • Social control > United States
  • Behavior disorders in adolescence > United States
  • Racism in education > United States
  • Racism in medicine > United States
  • Medical misconceptions > United States
  • Medical ethics > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168) and index.
Contents
History and context -- The fueling of hate and control -- The yellow brick pathway to control -- Getting by with a little help from the feds -- Operation control: Champaign, Illinois -- Conclusion.
Call Number
Sc E 10-1066
ISBN
  • 9781594516894 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1594516898 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009004023
OCLC
280546005
Author
Fitzgerald, Terence D.
Title
White prescriptions? : the dangerous social potential for Ritalin and other psychotropic drugs to harm black boys / Terence D. Fitzgerald.
Imprint
Boulder : Paradigm Publishers, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-1066
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