Women at the margins: A critique of the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 483-490

  Shaw, Clare ^a,b   Proctor, Gillian ^b  

^a New Mill ^*

^b New Mill   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27644559314     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959-353505057620     Document Type: Review

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