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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Duffin, Jacalyn
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2005.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • 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.