The removal of pluto from the class of planets and homosexuality from the class of psychiatric disorders: A comparison

Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zachar, Peter ^a   Kendler, Kenneth S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Classification; Dsm; Objectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ASTRONOMY; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PLUTO;

EID: 84855736083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17475341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-5341-7-4     Document Type: Article

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