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WITHDRAWAL RESISTANCE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Criminology
  • Social Psychology
DEF

A state of passive withdrawal from society induced by a sense of inability to attain its norms or to offer resistance to them.

CONT

Identified by Merton as the escapist response ... retreatism occurs when people become practically dropouts of society. They give up all goals and efforts to achieve success because they view it as an impractical, impossible, almost imaginary, and irrational possibility. Merton attributes this mode as the one to which drug addicts, alcoholics, vagrants, and the severely mental ill function because their reactions to not being able to obtain success by legitimate means represses them from society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Criminologie
  • Psychologie sociale
CONT

Comment l'individu va-t-il s'adapter dans une société caractérisée par l'anomie ? Merton énumère cinq possibilités : conformisme (buts culturels et moyens institutionnels admis), innovation (buts culturels acceptés, moyens institutionnels rejetés), ritualisme (buts culturels rejetés, moyens institutionnels acceptés), retraitisme (buts culturels et moyens institutionnels rejetés), rébellion (buts et moyens rejetés et remplacés).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Protection of Life
OBS

Human Safety Division evaluates data on new drugs to assess any potential hazards to human health resulting from the use of veterinary pharmaceuticals in animals used for food, and conducts health risk assessments at the request of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA). The Division establishes mandatory withdrawal periods and sets maximum residue limits for residues of veterinary drugs in food derived from animals and develops WARNING statements for veterinary drug labels. In addition, the Human Safety Division develops policies relating to the human safety of veterinary drugs, including antimicrobial resistance, and maintains a close working relationship with CFIA on matters of food safety.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sécurité des personnes
OBS

La Division de l'innocuité pour les humains examine les données sur les nouveaux médicaments pour évaluer les éventuels risques pour la santé des humains reliés à l'administration de médicaments aux animaux destinés à l'alimentation. Elle effectue aussi des évaluations des risques pour la santé à la demande de l'Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments (ACIA). La Division établit des délais d'attente obligatoires, fixe des limites maximales en matière de résidus de médicaments vétérinaires dans les aliments d'origine animale et rédige des AVERTISSEMENTS pour les étiquettes des médicaments vétérinaires. De plus, la Division de l'innocuité pour les humains élabore des politiques relative à l'innocuité pour les humains des médicaments vétérinaires, y compris la résistance aux antimicrobiens, et entretient des relations de travail étroites avec l'ACIA en ce qui a trait à la salubrité des aliments.

Spanish

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