LEADER 03331nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910779058803321 005 20230802004653.0 010 $a1-280-59408-X 010 $a9786613623911 010 $a0-19-971717-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000000087894 035 $a(EBL)886659 035 $a(OCoLC)777262264 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000599794 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11382290 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000599794 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10598466 035 $a(PQKB)11200613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC886659 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL886659 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10531090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362391 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000087894 100 $a20110819d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPropaganda in the helping professions$b[electronic resource] /$fEileen Gambrill 210 $aNew York, NY $cOxford University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (581 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-532500-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Propaganda in the helping professions : what is it and why should you care? -- Context, actors, and scripts -- Introduction to the players -- Interactions among the players -- Propaganda analysis : different levels -- Consequences of propaganda -- A Rogue's gallery of harms related to propaganda in the helping professions -- The medicalization of life -- How they reel us in -- Obscure different views of knowledge and how to get it -- Appeal to popular grand narratives and metaphors -- Disguise advertisements as professional literature -- Propagandistic use of language and social psychological persuasion -- Strategies -- Appeal to our psychological vulnerabilities -- What you can do -- Enhance your argument analysis skills -- Increase your skill in spotting fallacies -- Increase your skill in searching for answers for yourself -- Notes -- References -- Index. 330 $aPropaganda in the helping professions has grown by leaps and bounds in recent decades, with alarming implications for clients and their families, as well as the professionals who try to help them. There is a fog that has been generated by corporate interests and organizations attempting to sell their services and products to desperate or poorly educated consumers. Propaganda in the Helping Professions is a guide to lifting the confusion. From phrenology to institutional crib-beds for adult psychiatric patients, from Roman bird-beak masks to drugs designed to combat overurination, readers are t 606 $aProfessional employees 606 $aConsumer confidence 606 $aPropaganda 606 $aPersuasion (Psychology) 606 $aConsumer education 615 0$aProfessional employees. 615 0$aConsumer confidence. 615 0$aPropaganda. 615 0$aPersuasion (Psychology) 615 0$aConsumer education. 676 $a650.101/4 700 $aGambrill$b Eileen D.$f1934-$0142430 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779058803321 996 $aPropaganda in the helping professions$93810824 997 $aUNINA