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Andre, Linda, 1959-

Doctors of deception : what they don't want you to know about shock treatment / Linda Andre. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2009. - xi, 359 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 316-348) and index.

The trouble with time -- Eugenic conceptions I : ticking time bombs -- Eugenic conceptions II : useless eaters -- A little brain pathology -- Informed consent and the dawn of the public relations era -- The American Psychiatric Association Task Force -- The making of an American activist -- The ECT industry cows the media -- Long strange trip : ECT and the food and drug administration -- The Committee for Truth in Psychiatry -- Anecdote or evidence? -- Shaming science -- The lie that won't die -- Erasing history -- The triumph of public relations over science -- Should shock be banned? : the moral context -- Where do we go from here?

ISBN: 9780813544410 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0813544416 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008014124

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8D1289 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 101469924 DNLM 014821602 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Shock therapy.
Electroconvulsive therapy.

LC Class. No.: RC485 / .A53 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 616.89/12

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WM 412 / A555d 2009