The Virtuous Psychiatrist

by Jennifer Radden and John Sadler

The context for this interdisciplinary work by a philosopher and a clinician is the psychiatric care provided to those with severe mental disorders. Such a setting makes distinctive moral demands on the very character of the practitioner, it is shown, calling for special virtues and greater virtue than many other practice settings. In a practice so attentive to the patient's self identity, the authors promote a heightened awareness of cultural and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195389379
• ISBN13: 9780195389371
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"