Essential philosophy of psychiatry
By: Tim Thornton
Series: International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780199228713
Subjects: Psychiatry -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-259) and index

Includes a bibliography of materials that the author has published elsewhere: p. [261]-262
Table of contents: title: Anti-psychiatry, values, and the philosophy of psychiatry; title: Values, psychiatric ethics, and clinical judgement; title: Understanding psychopathology; title: Theorising about meaning for mental health care; title: The validity of psychiatric classification; title: The relation of evidence-based medicine and tacit knowledge in clinical judgement