Women, Madness and MedicineISBN: 978-0-7456-1261-4
Paperback
208 pages
February 1995, Polity
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* An exciting and challenging examination of how women's minds are
defined and treated by the medical establishment.
* Whereas other books examine the history of mental illness in women, this book looks at the contemporary approaches of modern psychiatry.
* An important contribution to feminist theory which argues for a new, feminist, approach to mental illness.
* Written at an introductory level suitable for a range of students.
* Whereas other books examine the history of mental illness in women, this book looks at the contemporary approaches of modern psychiatry.
* An important contribution to feminist theory which argues for a new, feminist, approach to mental illness.
* Written at an introductory level suitable for a range of students.