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The Subject of Objectivity, Subjectively Considered

Kenneth J. Weiss
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2021, 49 (3) 422-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210085-21
Kenneth J. Weiss
Dr. Weiss is the Robert L. Sadoff Clinical Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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    The author, objectively distressed and experiencing subjective units of distress (SUDs), during mock polygraphy using antique instrumentation (2014). Assisted by Yan Xuan, MD (behind). From the author's collection. Photo by Evi Numen and equipment from George Grigonis, Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

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