Cooper, Rachel Valerie.

Classifying madness : a philosophical examination of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders / by Rachel Cooper. - Dordrecht : Springer, c2010. - vii, 172 p. ; 25 cm. - Philosophy and medicine ; v. 86 . - Philosophy and medicine ; v. 86. .

Revised thesis (Ph.D.) - Cambridge University, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-164) and index.

9789048168415 (pbk.) 9781402033452 (ebk.)


Mental illness--Classification.
Mental illness--Diagnosis.

616.89075 / COO 2010