Author: Ian Robert Dowbiggin
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0801483980
Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry and Eugenics in the United States and Canada, 1880-1940 (Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry)
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 the eugenics movement of the early twentieth century. Medical books Keeping America Sane. He explains why professional men and women committed to helping those less fortunate than themselves arrived at such morally and intellectually dubious conclusions. Psychiatrists at the end of the nineteenth century felt professionally vulnerable, Dowbiggin explains, because they were under intense pressure from state and provincial governments and from other physicians to reform their specialty. Eugenic ideas, which dominated public health policy making, seemed the best vehicle for catching up with the progress of science. Among the prominent psychiatrist-eugenicists Dowbiggin considers are G Medical books Keeping America Sane: Psychiatry And Eugenics In The United States And Canada, 1. author ian r dowbiggin format hardback language english publication year 26 06 1997 series cornell studies in the history of psychiatry subject medicine subject 2 medicine textbooks study guides title keeping america sane psychiatry and eugenics in the united states and canada 1880 1940 author ian robert dowbiggin publisher cornell univ pr publication date jun 01 1997 pages 245 binding hardcover dimensions 5 75 wx 9 75 hx 0 75 d isbn 0801433568 subject medical ethics brand new hardcover all or
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author ian r dowbiggin format hardback language english publication year 26 06 1997 series cornell studies in the history of psychiatry subject medicine subject 2 medicine textbooks study guides title keeping america sane psychiatry and eugenics in the united states and canada 1880 1940 author ian robert dowbiggin publisher cornell univ pr publication date jun 01 1997 pages 245 binding hardcover dimensions 5 75 wx 9 75 hx 0 75 d isbn 0801433568 subject medical ethics brand new hardcover all or
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Categories: Eugenics. Contributors: Ian Robert Dowbiggin - Author. Format: Paperback
Categories: Eugenics. Contributors: Ian Robert Dowbiggin - Author. Format: Paperback
Medical Book Keeping America Sane
He explains why professional men and women committed to helping those less fortunate than themselves arrived at such morally and intellectually dubious conclusions. Psychiatrists at the end of the nineteenth century felt professionally vulnerable, Dowbiggin explains, because they were under intense pressure from state and provincial governments and from other physicians to reform their specialty. Eugenic ideas, which dominated public health policy making, seemed the best vehicle for catching up with the progress of science. Among the prominent psychiatrist-eugenicists Dowbiggin considers are G. Alder Blumer, Charles Kirk Clarke, Thomas Salmon, Clare Hincks, and William Partlow. Tracing psychiatric support for eugenics throughout the interwar years, Dowbiggin pays special attention to the role of psychiatrists in the fierce debates about immigration policy. His examination of psychiatry's unfortunate flirtation with eugenics elucidates how professional groups come to think and act along common lines within specific historical contexts.
