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The life and work of Ignaz Semmelweis is among the most engaging and moving stories in the history of science. Childbed Fever places his life, and his discovery (the cause of childbed

With every passing year, the mutual mistrust between doctor and patient widens, as doctors retreat into resentment and patients become increasingly disillusioned with the quality of care. Rich in anecdote as well

The integration of psychiatry into the mainstream of American society following World War II involved rethinking and revision of psychiatric theories. While in the past, theories of personality had been concerned with

Understanding the history of psychiatry requires an accurate view of its function and purpose. In this provocative new study, Sas challenges conventional beliefs about psychiatry. He asserts that, in fact, psychiatrists are

Thomas Szasz is renowned for his critical exploration of the literal language of psychiatry and his rejection of officially sanctioned definitions of mental illness. His critique of the established view of mental

The advent of private psychotherapy, at the end of the nineteenth century, split psychiatry in two: some patients continued to be the involuntary inmates of state hospitals; others became the voluntary patients

The Report on Smoking and Health published by the Royal College of Physicians in England in 1965 warned of a connection between lung cancer and smoking. The findings were widely publicized, and

In Crime, Punishment and Disease in a Relativistic Universe, Antony Flew makes clear both the meaning and the implications carried by the application of the expression "mental disease." He aims to discourage