Understanding, testimony and interpretation in psychiatric diagnosis

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Thornton, Tim ^a   Shah, Ajit ^a   Thomas, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Descartes; Externalism; Hume; Internalism; Knowledge; McDowell

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 59649096245     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-008-9130-6     Document Type: Article

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