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Three Designations of Disorder: Diversity, Disease and Determinism in Psychiatric Thought and Practice

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Fulford, K.W.M. (2000). Three Designations of Disorder: Diversity, Disease and Determinism in Psychiatric Thought and Practice. In: Engelhardt, H.T. (eds) The Philosophy of Medicine. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47475-1_8

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