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Pain : a political history /
This book examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in politics, medicine, and law, and legislative and social quarrels over the morality and economics of relief, the author poi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in politics, medicine, and law, and legislative and social quarrels over the morality and economics of relief, the author points to a tension at the heart of the conservative-liberal divide. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-273) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781421413662 1421413663 |