Alcohol abuse is this culture's most important drug problem.
Statistics indicate that it is exacting a great and relentlessly
increasing toll of human suffering. It is clear that the problem is
not being dealt with in any effective manner. At the invitation of
the. Canadian Hepatic Foundation, many of the world's experts
gathered in Toronto, May 14-15 1976, to focus attention on one of
the most important aspects of the alcohol problem -alcohol induced
liver damage. The epidemiology of alcohol induced liver disease was
discussed and current views on the pathogenesis of the problem were
reviewed. New insight into the pathological alterations of the
liver was presented and some of our current therapeutic
capabilities were discussed. Dr. Hans Popper summarized the
Symposium and presented some of his views on those aspects of the
problem which will require early attention by the research
community. The Symposium achieved its immediate objective -that of
bringing together the committed experts of various disciplines for
an updating of our understanding of alcohol and the liver and for a
discussion of new approaches to the problem. As a backdrop to the
Symposium, however, was large writing on the wall to the effect
that we are expending our research talents and efforts on a totally
unnecessary problem. Right now we probably know enough and have
sufficient resources at our disposal to solve the problem.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Hepatology, 3 |
| Release date: |
2012 |
| First published: |
1977 |
| Editors: |
M. Fisher
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
406 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4613-4186-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
Clinical & internal medicine >
General
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| LSN: |
1-4613-4186-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781461341864 |
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