In Sickness and in Health: Americans and Psychiatry in Korea, 1950-1962

This dissertation begins with a simple set of questions: how and why did the Western discipline of psychiatry gain traction in the Republic of Korea? My answers point to the Korean War and the US-ROK alliance as the two most important factors enabling this phenomenon. === East Asian Languages and Ci...

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Main Author: Yum, Jennifer
Other Authors: Eckert, Carter Joel
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11531
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12274543