Thornton, Tim

Essential philosophy of psychiatry [electronic resource] / Tim Thornton. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - 1 online resource (xii, 267 p.). - International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry . - International perspectives in philosophy and psychiatry. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book is a concise introduction to the growing field of philosophy of psychiatry. Divided into the 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.

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Psychiatry--Philosophy.

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