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Ian Robert Dowbiggin

Keeping America Sane - Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880–1940

English · Hardback

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Summary

What would bring a physician to conclude that sterilization is appropriate treatment for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped? Using archival sources, Ian Robert Dowbiggin documents the involvement of both American and Canadian psychiatrists in...

Product details

Authors	Ian Robert Dowbiggin
Publisher	Cornell University Press

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	26.06.1997

EAN	9780801433566
ISBN	978-0-8014-3356-6
No. of pages	272
Dimensions	152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
Weight	907 g
Series	Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry Cornell Studies in the History
Subject	Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General

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