The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (Oxford Handbooks)
Kwm Fulford (Ed.)
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Description for The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (Oxford Handbooks)
Paperback. Philosophy has much to offer psychiatry, not least regarding ethical issues, but also issues regarding the mind, identity, values, and volition. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry offers the most comprehensive reference resource for this area every published - one that is essential for both students and researchers in this field. Editor(s): Fulford, KWM; Davies, Martin; Gipps, Richard; Graham, George; Sadler, John; Stanghellini, Giovanni; Thornton, Tim. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 1344 pages. BIC Classification: HPM; JMP; MMH; MMJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1912.
Philosophy has much to offer psychiatry, not least regarding ethical issues, but also issues regarding the mind, identity, values, and volition. This has become only more important as we have witnessed the growth and power of the pharmaceutical industry, accompanied by developments in the neurosciences. However, too few practising psychiatrists are familiar with the literature in this area. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry offers the most comprehensive reference resource for this area ever published. It assembles challenging and insightful contributions from key philosophers and others to the interactive fields of philosophy and psychiatry. Each contributions is ... Read more
Philosophy has much to offer psychiatry, not least regarding ethical issues, but also issues regarding the mind, identity, values, and volition. This has become only more important as we have witnessed the growth and power of the pharmaceutical industry, accompanied by developments in the neurosciences. However, too few practising psychiatrists are familiar with the literature in this area. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry offers the most comprehensive reference resource for this area ever published. It assembles challenging and insightful contributions from key philosophers and others to the interactive fields of philosophy and psychiatry. Each contributions is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
1344
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Handbooks
Number of Pages
1344
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198744252
SKU
V9780198744252
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Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry (Oxford Handbooks)
The Handbook, both as history and analysis, will be indispensible to the growing number of philosophers engaged in traditional 'Morals' and the 'Philosophy of Mind' who feel the need to explore and make sense of the concepts of psychiatry. Psychiatry itself, still picking its way through internal confusions and dissensions, is turning more and more to philosophy, some of it ... Read more