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020			_a0198526377
020			_a9780198526377
060			_aWM 141.
100	1		_aSadler, John Z
245	1		_aValues and psychiatric diagnosis
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2005
300			_axviii, 540p
520			_aThe public, mental health consumers, as well as mental health practitioners wonder about what kinds of values mental health professionals hold, and what kinds of values influence psychiatric diagnosis. Are mental disorders socio-political, practical, or scientific concepts? Is psychiatric diagnosis value-neutral? What role does the fundamental philosophical question "How should I live? " play in mental health care? In his carefully nuanced and exhaustively referenced monograph, psychiatrist and philosopher of psychiatry John Z. Sadler describes the manifold kinds of values and value judgements involved in psychiatric diagnosis and classification systems like the D.S.M. . Professor Sadler takes the reader on a fascinating conceptual tour of the inner workings of psychiatric diagnosis, considering the role of science, culture, sexuality, politics, gender, technology, human nature, patienthood, and professions in building his vision of a more humane psychiatric diagnostic process.
650			_aPsychiatry
650			_aDiagnosis
650			_aMental disorders
650			_aClassification
650			_aEthics
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