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Addiction and Voluntariness: Five “Challenges” to Address in Moving the Discussion Forward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2019

ERIC RACINE  and
CLAUDIA BARNED
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Abstract:

The question as to whether people with an addiction have control (and to what extent) over their addiction, and voluntarily decide to use substances is an ongoing source of controversy in the context of research on addiction, health policy and clinical practice. We describe and discuss a set of five challenges for further research into voluntariness (definition[s], measurement and study tools, first person perspectives, contextual understandings, and connections to broader frameworks) based on our own research experiences and those of others.

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addictionfree willautonomyethicsvoluntarinesspolicyneurosciencequalitative research
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Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics , Volume 28 , Special Issue 4: Clinical Neuroethics , October 2019 , pp. 677 - 694
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Acknowledgement: Writing of this paper was supported by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. We would like to thank Marianne Rochette, Sara Ferwati and Corinne Lajoie for assistance. This paper expands a previous blog post: Barned C, Racine E. Is the concept of “will” useful in explaining addictive behaviour? http://www.theneuroethicsblog.com/2018/08/is-concept-of-will-useful-in-explaining.html

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175. See note 23, Racine et al. 2015.

176. See note 167, Szott 2015.