The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders James Rhoads

The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders James RhoadsFactitious disorder presents one of the most challenging variants of psychopathology in medicine. The book is the first for professionals to offer a comprehensive overview of current thinking about patients who feign or induce illnessin themselves or othersto accrue the intangible benefits of the "sick" role.

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Bellah identified American civil religion as a religious dimension of life that can be found throughout US culture

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The case studies in this volume demonstrate that fortunes could be made in China by trading in legitimate items just as successfully as in illegitimate ones

covering the scientific developments from the time of the early Greek philosophers until the present day

This book provides a new way of understanding queer culture

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These are the inspiring and illuminating stories of women professors who first broke into the exclusive