Rethinking Psychiatry: From Cultural Category to Personal Experience, Paperback - Arthur Kleinman

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From one of America's most celebrated psychiatrists, the book that has taught generations of healers why healing the sick is about more than just d...

In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived th...

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This book offers a general introduction to historical sources in the history of psychiatry, delving into the range of sources that can be used to i...

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This book offers first-person accounts of the experience of psychosis from the inside and the outside, through the eyes of two doctors, one of whom...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 206Collection: New...

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The book provides practical guidance to learning from experience, illustrated with case histories from the author, and from contributors from indus...