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Zusatztext The authors provide a wealth of practical experience combined with thoughtful discussion and intriguing questions... It lays a strong foundation for a comprehensive and balanced view of the ethical landscape... This book is an essential read for those in the field of mental health. Informationen zum Autor Stephen A. Green is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University! and has a private psychiatric practice in Washington! D.C. After completing Harvard College he received his M.D. degree from the State University of New York! Downstate Medical Center! then completed a medical internship at the Mount Auburn Hospital! Cambridge! MA! and a residency in psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center! Boston! MA. He received a Masters Degree inPhilosophy and Bioethics from Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics. Dr. Green has published articles on psychotherapy! psychosomatic issues! and the ethics of managed care. He has written two books about the interrelationship of physical and mental illness! and edited four others! includingthe most recent Anthology of Psychiatric Ethics. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the American Psychiatric Association. Klappentext Perhaps more than in any other medical discipline! an understanding of ethical issues is essential within the field of psychiatry. With the ever increasing power of the pharmaceutical industry! and a host of recent controversies in the field! a new edition of the bestselling 'Psychiatric ethics' will be even more relevant today than before. Zusammenfassung Perhaps more than in any other medical discipline, an understanding of ethical issues is essential within the field of psychiatry. With the ever increasing power of the pharmaceutical industry, and a host of recent controversies in the field, a new edition of the bestselling 'Psychiatric ethics' will be even more relevant today than before....
