From sinners to degenerates: The medicalization of morality in the 19th century

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-88

  Rimke, Heidi ^a   Hunt, Alan ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degeneracy; Medicalization; Moral insanity; Moral regulation; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALS; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 3342950166     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695102015001073     Document Type: Article

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