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EDITED BYDavid Shaffer, F.R.C.P.(Lond),F.R.C.Psych.(Lond)Bruce D. Waslick, M.D. As has been the case with many psychiatric disorders, researchin pediatric mood disorders required a definition of generally acceptedoperationalized criteria to make major…[...]

David Armstrong This book has a number of aims. First, it is an attempt to write asociology of medical knowledge. This project emerges from a longstandinginterest in the field that…[...]

Communication is the sine qua non of religion; it is theessence of prayer, sermons, ritual, and congregationalfellowship. Unfortunately, the academic study of religionand communication has occurred in disparatefields, with few…[...]

Methodology in Comparative Studies: the relationship between metatheory, methodology, and method was examined. Following Dervin (2003:136-137) and Pickard (2007:xv-xvii), I proposed to consider methodology as the bridge between metatheory, the…[...]