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Mental illness: diagnosis or value judgment?

B Anderson·R Khoo
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This article is concerned with the definition of mental illness. Although it seems that it cannot be defined clearly in a legal or scientific way, this does not necessarily mean that health treatment is arbitrary and ill-founded.

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Attitude to HealthForensic MedicineHumansMental DisordersSocial ValuesUnited KingdomJournal Article

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B Anderson, R Khoo. Mental illness: diagnosis or value judgment?. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.1994.3.18.957

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