Tolerance and illness: The politics of medical and psychiatric classification

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-465

  Glackin, Shane Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Habermas; Liberal; Szasz; Value

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATERNALISM; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

DEAFNESS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATERNALISM; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77955170300     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhq035     Document Type: Article

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