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Doctors of deception what they don't want you to know about shock treatment

Title
Doctors of deception [electronic resource] : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment / Linda Andre.
Author
Andre, Linda, 1959-
Publication
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xi, 359 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Doctors of deception (Online)
Alternative Title
Doctors of deception (Online)
Subject
  • Shock therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-348) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The trouble with time -- Eugenic conceptions I : ticking time bombs -- Eugenic conceptions II : useless eaters -- A little brain pathology -- Informed consent and the dawn of the public relations era -- The American Psychiatric Association Task Force -- The making of an American activist -- The ECT industry cows the media -- Long strange trip : ECT and the food and drug administration -- The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry -- Anecdote or evidence? -- Shaming science -- The lie that won't die -- Erasing history -- The triumph of public relations over science -- Should shock be banned? : the moral context -- Where do we go from here?
LCCN
2008014124
OCLC
ssj0000140519
Author
Andre, Linda, 1959-
Title
Doctors of deception [electronic resource] : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment / Linda Andre.
Imprint
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-348) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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