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Lovers and livers : disease concepts in history /

Can a disease be an idea? A theory? Does disease exist without a patient to suffer from it? In Lovers and Livers, Jacalyn Duffin provides a lively overview of the ideas around disease. She introduces philosophical theories of disease and delves into the history of two distinct afflictions - one old,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duffin, Jacalyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Colección:Joanne Goodman lectures ; 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The disease game: an introduction to the concets and construction of disease
  • Lovers: the rise and apparent fall of lovesickness
  • Livers: the rise of hepatitis C.