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OverviewThis title includes the following features: Provides a clear review ofthe dispute over the reality of mental illness, introducing the reader to manyof the most important sources; Engages with sceptical contemporary approachessuch as Social Constructionism and the strong programme in the sociology ofknowledge, helping the reader to link different contemporary approaches to theexisting debate; Refers to contemporary disputes such as those about ADHD,helping the reader to see these in a new and wider light Full Product DetailsAuthor: Neil PickeringPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.449kg ISBN: 9780198530879ISBN 10: 0198530870 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 February 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Introduction: the categorical argument; PART I - ANSWERING RADICAL QUESTIONS; 2. The likeness argument; 3. The categorical argument; PART II - METAPHOR; 4. Metaphor; 5. Two metaphors from physical medicine; PART III - THE METAPHOR OF MENTAL ILLNESS; 6. The metaphor of mental illness; 7. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, social construction, and metaphor; 8. Metaphors and models; 9. ConclusionsReviewsAuthor InformationNeil Pickering is a lecturer in the Bioethics Centre of the Dunedin School of Medicine, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. He has a PhD from the University of Wales. He teaches on undergraduate and graduate bioethics programmes at Otago. His primary research interests are in the philosophy of medicine (in particular the nature of disease and the nature and existence mental illness), medical humanities (where he has written on the use of poetry to teach ethics) and alternative medicine. Member of the Executive Committee of the Australasian Bioethics Association, and an Associate Editor of Journal of Bioethical Inquiry and of Medical Humanities Edition of the Journal of Medical Ethics. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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