Medicalizing mental health: A phenomenological alternative

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 243-259

  Aho, Kevin ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gadamer; Heidegger; Hermeneutics; Medicalization; Phenomenology; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY;

EID: 53549117716     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-008-9065-1     Document Type: Article

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