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Medicine and Culture: Notions of Health and Sickness in Britain, the U.S., France and West Germany
Medicine and Culture Notions of Health and Sickness in Britain the US France and West Germany
Author: Lynn Payer
This book argues that notions of health and disease are often determined more by culture than by science. Thus Americans, favouring action over reflection, are more likely to perform mastectomies and by-pass operations than the British. The Germans, harbouring a lingering romanticism, are preoccupied with their hearts, the French are guided by t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780575045323
ISBN-10: 0575045329
Publication Date: 5/25/1989
Pages: 204
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Publisher: Gollancz
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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