Medicalization and epistemic injustice

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 341-352

  Wardrope, Alistair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enhancement; Epistemic humility; Health promotion; Hermeneutical injustice; Medicalization; Psychiatric diagnosis; Testimonial injustice

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HERMENEUTICS; HUMAN; MEDICALIZATION; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HERMENEUTICS; HUMANS; MEDICALIZATION; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84933177348     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-014-9608-3     Document Type: Article

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