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Rationing Sanity
James Lindemann . Ed(S): Nelson
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Description for Rationing Sanity
Hardback. Mental illness is the poor, and somehow "damaged," cousin to physical ailments in the eyes of too many in our society. This title presents a provocative analysis of the mental health care system in the United States, dealing with issues of justice and access to mental health care. Editor(s): Nelson, James Lindemann. Series: Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBPK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
Mental illness is the poor, and somehow "damaged," cousin to physical ailments in the eyes of too many in our society. Compare the difference in how people would respond to someone who had fallen and broken their leg on the street, to how most react to those mentally ill among us, on those same streets, who spend their winters on steam grates and forage for food in dumpsters. "Rationing Sanity" is a provocative analysis of the mental health care system in the United States, dealing with issues of justice and access to mental health care. How should a decent society, ... Read more
Mental illness is the poor, and somehow "damaged," cousin to physical ailments in the eyes of too many in our society. Compare the difference in how people would respond to someone who had fallen and broken their leg on the street, to how most react to those mentally ill among us, on those same streets, who spend their winters on steam grates and forage for food in dumpsters. "Rationing Sanity" is a provocative analysis of the mental health care system in the United States, dealing with issues of justice and access to mental health care. How should a decent society, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Hastings Center Studies in Ethics Series
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878401451
SKU
V9780878401451
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About James Lindemann . Ed(S): Nelson
James Lindemann Nelson is professor of philosophy at Michigan State University, and is the author, most recently, of Hippocrates' Maze: Ethical Explorations of the Medical Labyrinth.
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