Essential philosophy of psychiatry / Tim Thornton.
"Essential Philosophy of Psychiatry is a concise introduction to the growing field of philosophy of psychiatry. Divided into three main aspects of psychiatric clinical judgement, values, meanings and facts, it examines the key debates about mental health care, and the philosophical ideas and to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry.
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| Summary: | "Essential Philosophy of Psychiatry is a concise introduction to the growing field of philosophy of psychiatry. Divided into three main aspects of psychiatric clinical judgement, values, meanings and facts, it examines the key debates about mental health care, and the philosophical ideas and tools needed to assess those debates, in six chapters. In addition to outlining the state of play, Essential Philosophy of Psychiatry presents a coherent and unified approach across the different debates, characterized by a rejection of reductionism and an emphasis on the ineliminability of uncodified skilled judgement."--Publisher's description. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 267 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 019922871X 9780199228713 |