Semiotic Perspectives on Clinical Theory and Practice: Medicine, Neuropsychiatry and Psychoanalysis

by Bonnie E. Litowitz (Editor), Phillip S. Epstein (Editor)

Ten papers, most presented at a conference of semiotics, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in Chicago, March 1987, introduce mental health professionals and academicians to semiotics as it applies to their field. Among the topics are semiotic presuppositions of healing, pharmacosemiotics and Pierce's notion of abduction and psychoanalytic interpretation. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

219 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991