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  • Women and the Ownership of PMS

    The Structuring of a Psychiatric Disorder

    by Anne Figert ...
    This is the first book-length account of the controversy preceding and following the APA’s decision in 1986 to include a premenstrually related diagnosis in its revised diagnostic manual, DSM III-R. Figert examines why the decision was controversial and consequential in three main domains where people, their interests, and claims to ownership coincide: the Health and Mental Health Domain, the ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Reimagining (Bio)Medicalization, Pharmaceuticals and Genetics

    Old Critiques and New Engagements

    Edited by Susan Bell, Anne Figert ...
    In recent years medicalization, the process of making something medical, has gained considerable ground and a position in everyday discourse. In this multidisciplinary collection of original essays, the authors expertly consider how issues around medicalization have developed, ways in which it is changing, and the potential shapes it will take in the future. They develop a unique argument that ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Introduction to Bioethics, An: Fourth Edition - Revised and Updated

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  • The Politics of Life Itself

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  • A Companion to Bioethics

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    Series series Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
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  • Understanding Autism

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  • Adolescence

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    Adolescence is a turbulent period to live through, and a time of importance and concern to parents, teachers, and social workers. Marking the transition from the world of childhood to adult life, the adolescent faces many challenges and opportunities, including forming their own identity, relating to often conflicting demands from parents and peers, and negotiating first romantic relationships. In ... Read more

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