'Disorder' and Its Evaluative Implications for Psychiatry

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dc.contributor.advisorWaring, Duff R.
dc.creatorAshouri, Sarvin
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-16T19:15:20Z
dc.date.available2015-12-16T19:15:20Z
dc.date.copyright2015-06-10
dc.date.issued2015-12-16
dc.date.updated2015-12-16T19:15:20Z
dc.degree.disciplinePhilosophy
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThe proper definition of the concept of ‘disorder’ could resolve the existing issues in psychiatry today. Christopher Boorse and R.E. Kendell, as proponents of the medical model, aim at defining the concept in scientific and value-free terms. K.W.M. Fulford develops the fact-plus-value model which integrates the factual and evaluative elements. John Z. Sadler applies the Fulfordian account to diagnostic manuals to resolve their inconsistencies. I find Fulford’s initial and later arguments incongruent. His account is also too evaluative given the absence of any restrictions on the place and role of values. Furthermore, it is relatively easy to conclude that given the prominent position of values, facts need not exist as they are essentially evaluative terms with merely an overt factual connotation. Moreover, values provide the benchmark against which facts are assessed (for their degree of value-ladenness) and identified; and this makes facts dependent on and a subclass of values.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30643
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectPhilosophy
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subject.keywordsPhilosophy
dc.subject.keywordsPsychiatry
dc.subject.keywordsPhilosophy of Psychiatry
dc.subject.keywordsDisorder
dc.subject.keywordsMental Disorder
dc.subject.keywordsEvaluative
dc.subject.keywordsFact-plus-Value model
dc.subject.keywordsBiomedical Model
dc.subject.keywordsDiagnostic Manuals
dc.subject.keywordsDSM
dc.subject.keywordsICD
dc.subject.keywordsEthical Practice
dc.subject.keywordsNorms
dc.subject.keywordsSocio-Cultural Norms
dc.subject.keywordsEvidence-Based Medicine
dc.subject.keywordsEBM
dc.subject.keywordsEvidence-Based Practice
dc.subject.keywordsEBP
dc.subject.keywordsValues-Based Medicine
dc.subject.keywordsVBM
dc.subject.keywordsValues-Based Practice
dc.subject.keywordsVBP
dc.subject.keywordsFulford
dc.subject.keywordsK.W.M. Fulford
dc.subject.keywordsBill Fulford
dc.subject.keywordsJohn Z. Sadler
dc.subject.keywordsChristopher Boorse
dc.subject.keywordsR.E. Kendell
dc.subject.keywordsValues-Based Model of Care.
dc.title'Disorder' and Its Evaluative Implications for Psychiatry
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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