A Family's Struggle with Mental Illness and the Mental Health System
In telling the story of her son's thirty-year struggle with schizophrenia, Rosemary Ruether lays bare the inhumane treatment throughout history of people with mental illness. Despite countless reforms by "idealistic reformers" and an enlightened understanding that mental illness is a physical disease like any other, conditions for people who ......
Since its release in 1954, scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency’s involvement in the making of the controversial animated motion picture adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. In Orwell Subverted, Daniel Leab gives an authoritative and well-documented account of the CIA’s powerful ......
Offers guidance to social scientists regarding their ethical and legal responsibilities to respond appropriately to threats of harm that may arise during the course of data collection. This book examines the challenges of conducting research designed to responsibly gain a better understanding of the origins of serious health problems.
Embraces reproductive justice for all women, but challenge mainstream legal and political solutions based on protecting free choice via neutral governmental policies, which frequently ignore or jeopardize the interests of women of color and the poor.
Examines feminist critiques of medical knowledge and practice; and the legal regulation of pregnancy termination, conception and child-bearing, and behavior during pregnancy. This book demonstrates that the right to choice isn't an automatic guarantee of reproductive justice and gender equality.
The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the US. This title uses Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy - including a preferential option for the poor - and the common good.
The Welfare Reform Act of 1996 drastically changed the delivery of social services in the US. This title uses Catholic social teaching as a lens through which to view contemporary American welfare policies, citing the tradition's emphasis on serving the needy - including a preferential option for the poor - and the common good.
Since its release in 1954, scholars have been aware of the Central Intelligence Agency’s involvement in the making of the controversial animated motion picture adaptation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. In Orwell Subverted, Daniel Leab gives an authoritative and well-documented account of the CIA’s powerful ......
Is America on the verge of another puritanical era? Is this new Puritanism the result of something more than just concerns for public decency? This book examines America's changing attitudes toward decency and the politics of decency. It includes interviews with politicians, religious leaders, and other individuals across American culture.