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Merciful End
The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America
E-bok, 2003
521 kr
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While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond. In America, the debate has raged for well over a century. Now, in A Merciful End , Ian Dowbiggin offers the first full-scale historical account of one …
A Merciful End
The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America
Inbunden, 2003
938 kr
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How did today's debate over euthanasia (taken from the Greek word for 'good death') become so divisive in American society? In A Merciful End Ian Dowbiggin tells, for the first time, the dramatic story of those reformers who struggled throughout the twentieth century to change the nation's …
Merciful End
The Euthanasia Movement in Modern America
E-bok, 2003
521 kr
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While it may seem that debates over euthanasia began with Jack Kervorkian, the practice of mercy killing extends back to Ancient Greece and beyond. In America, the debate has raged for well over a century. Now, in A Merciful End , Ian Dowbiggin offers the first full-scale historical account of one …
Inheriting Madness
Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century France
Inbunden, 1991
559 kr
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Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness, Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of hereditarianism in France during the second half of the nineteenth century to illuminate the nature and …
Inheriting Madness
Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century France
E-bok, 1991
945 kr
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Historically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness , Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of hereditarianism in France during the second half of the nineteenth century to illuminate the nature and …
The Quest for Mental Health
A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, …
The Quest for Mental Health
A Tale of Science, Medicine, Scandal, Sorrow, and Mass Society
Inbunden, 2011
787 kr
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This is the story of one of the most far-reaching human endeavors in history: the quest for mental well-being. From its origins in the eighteenth century to its wide scope in the early twenty-first, this search for emotional health and welfare has cost billions. In the name of mental health, …
Search for Domestic Bliss
Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America
Inbunden, 2014
618 kr
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Why are Americans so bad at marriage? It’s certainly not for lack of trying. By the early 21st century Americans were spending billions on marriage and family counselling, seeking advice and guidance from some 50,000 experts. And yet, the divorce rate suggests that all of this therapeutic …
Search for Domestic Bliss
Marriage and Family Counseling in 20th-Century America
E-bok, 2014
436 kr
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Why are Americans so bad at marriage? It''s certainly not for lack of trying. By the early 21st century Americans were spending billions on marriage and family counseling, seeking advice and guidance from some 50,000 experts. And yet, the divorce rate suggests that all of this therapeutic …
