Race and Culture in Psychiatry (Psychology Revivals)
Suman Fernando
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hardcover. Series: Psychology Revivals. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: MMH; MMJT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 453.
As psychiatry has developed it has proved to be susceptible to the influence of contemporary social and political mores. With its origins in nineteenth-century Europe, psychiatry evolved as an ethnocentric body of knowledge, the vehicle of implicit and overt racism. Originally published in 1988 this author, however, saw no reason why the contemporary psychiatrist should not challenge this ethnocentrism. He provides a critical account of the development of psychiatry in relation to its cultural context and then examined contemporary practice of the time in the light of this development. Throughout, the book is informed by an awareness of issues of ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Series
Psychology Revivals
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138839588
SKU
V9781138839588
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