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The hierarchical nature of personal illness

Title
The hierarchical nature of personal illness / G.A. Foulds.
Author
Foulds, G. A.
Publication
London ; New York : Academic Press, 1976.

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Description
x, 158 pages; 24 cm
Summary
In this book Dr. Graham Foulds deploys his views of the nature of clinical psychology, wherein he examines the 'medical' classification of mental disturbances as against his own conception of 'personal' illness. He defends hierarchical schema using logic, and experimental data derived from self-invented test instruments used by various groups of subjects. Traditional diagnostic categories are argued with, but his conclusions will repay close study by anyone concerned with the taxonomy and nature of mental disorders.
Subject
  • Psychology, Pathological
  • Personality tests
  • Mental Disorders > classification
  • Models, Psychological
  • Personality Tests
  • Psychopathology
  • Personality tests
  • Psychology, Pathological
  • Bestimmung
  • Neurose
  • Persönlichkeitsstörung
  • Psychose
  • Symptomen
  • Psychiatrische patiënten
  • Classificatie
  • Psiquiatria
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [149]-154.
Contents
Preface -- Unit 1. When does human life begin? -- An overview of human development -- Philosophical, theological, and scientific arguments -- Unit 2. Should assisted reproductive technologies be regulated? -- Fertilization and assisted reproduction -- Ethical issues in assisted reproductive technology -- Unit 3. Should we select the sex of our children? -- The genetics of sex determination -- Arguments for and against sex selection -- Unit 4. Should we allow humans to be cloned? -- The science of cloning -- Ethics and policies for human cloning -- Unit 5. Should we use stem cells to repair the body? -- Regenerating deficient organs through stem cells -- Ethical dilemmas in stem cell therapy -- Unit 6. Should we modify the human genome? -- Gene therapy -- Should we allow the genetic engineering of humans? -- Unit 7. New perspectives on old issues -- What is "normal"? -- Genetic determinism -- The ethics of animal use in research -- Glossary -- Literature cited.
ISBN
  • 0122632508
  • 9780122632501
LCCN
76001078
OCLC
  • ocm02542179
  • 2542179
  • SCSB-274317
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library