Psychoanalysis as Science: The Hixon Lectures on the Scientific Status of Psychoanalysis New ed of 1952 edition

Marc Notes: Delivered at the California Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Pasadena, California, March-May 1950, under the sponsorship of the Hixon Fund Committee.; Bibliography: p. 159-169. Review Quotes: "In the present stimulating and illuminating lectures there is a clear presentation of the operations of the analytic process, of the outlines of the Freudian theory, and some modern revisions of selected objective research studies which appear to relate to the theory. . . ."-American Sociological ReviewReview Quotes: ?In the present stimulating and illuminating lectures there is a clear presentation of the operations of the analytic process, of the outlines of the Freudian theory, and some modern revisions of selected objective research studies which appear to relate to the theory. . . .?-American Sociological Review Contributor Bio:  Unknown As a pediatrician, writer, wife, and mother, Perri Klass has demonstrated how medicine is integral to the health of families and communities, and how doctors themselves struggle to balance the conflicting needs of profession, self, and family. As medical director of Reach Out and Read, she encourages other pediatricians to foster pre-reading skills in their young patients. While earning her M. D. at Harvard, Klass contributed articles to "Mademoiselle" and "The New York Times" as well as to scientific and medical journals. She also wrote her first book, "A Not Entirely Benign Procedure "(1987), which chronicles her introduction to medicine and motherhood. In the following years she has continued to publish books, essays, award-winning short stories, a novel, and numerous articles, ranging from professional papers to popular journalism and travel pieces.