Patricia Roos was a professor of sociology at Rutgers University when she lost her 25-year-old son Alex to a heroin overdose. Turning her grief into action, she began to research the social factors and institutional failures that contributed to his death. Surviving Alex tells her moving story while describing a more compassionate approach that would provide proper care to substance users and reduce addiction.
Patricia Roos was a professor of sociology at Rutgers University when she lost her 25-year-old son Alex to a heroin overdose. Turning her grief into action, she began to research the social factors and institutional failures that contributed to his death. Surviving Alex tells her moving story while describing a more compassionate approach that would provide proper care to substance users and reduce addiction.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
PATRICIA ROOS is a Professor emerita of sociology at Rutgers University. Among her many publications are the books Job Queues, Gender Queues: Explaining Women’s Inroads into Male Occupations (coauthored with Barbara Reskin) and Gender and Work: A Comparative Analysis of Industrial Societies . After her son’s death, she realigned her research and advocacy interests to explore mental health and substance use disorders, turning her grief into activism.
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PROLOGUE PART I. INTRODUCTION 1 Day 1 2 Week 1 3 Context PART II. NORMALITY AND ANXIETY 4 “A Good Family” 5 Widening Cracks 6 Calm before the Storm PART III. DESCENT INTO INSANITY 7 College Days 8 Summer of 2012 9 Worst Case 10 End of the Road 11 Making Sense PART IV. RE-CREATING A LIFE 12 Social Communities 13 A Community of Action 14 A Dad’s Story: I Failed My Son, by Lee Clarke EPILOGUE APPENDIX: EULOGY AT CELEBRATION OF LIFE, MAY 17, 2015 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES RELEVANT SOURCES INDEX
PROLOGUE PART I. INTRODUCTION 1 Day 1 2 Week 1 3 Context PART II. NORMALITY AND ANXIETY 4 “A Good Family” 5 Widening Cracks 6 Calm before the Storm PART III. DESCENT INTO INSANITY 7 College Days 8 Summer of 2012 9 Worst Case 10 End of the Road 11 Making Sense PART IV. RE-CREATING A LIFE 12 Social Communities 13 A Community of Action 14 A Dad’s Story: I Failed My Son, by Lee Clarke EPILOGUE APPENDIX: EULOGY AT CELEBRATION OF LIFE, MAY 17, 2015 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES RELEVANT SOURCES INDEX
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