Nosologomania: DSM & Karl Jaspers' Critique of Kraepelin

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nassir, S Nassir ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 68949209837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-4-10     Document Type: Review

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