Vagueness in Psychiatry

Vagueness in Psychiatry
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9780198722373
ISBN-13 : 0198722370
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Book Synopsis Vagueness in Psychiatry by : Geert Keil

Download or read book Vagueness in Psychiatry written by Geert Keil and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blurred boundaries between the normal and the pathological are a recurrent theme in almost every publication concerned with the classification of mental disorders. Yet, systematic approaches that take into account discussions about vagueness are rare. This volume is the first in the psychiatry/philosophy literature to tackle this problem.


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