Where do classifications come from? The DSM-III, the transformation of American psychiatry, and the problem of origins in the sociology of knowledge

Theory and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-313

  Strand, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; Knowledge; Professions; Psychiatry; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954631196     PISSN: 03042421     EISSN: 15737853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11186-011-9142-8     Document Type: Article

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