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Medicine and Culture: Varieties of Treatment in the United States, England, West Germany, and France
Medicine and Culture Varieties of Treatment in the United States England West Germany and France
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: 9780140124040
ISBN-10: 0140124047
Publication Date: 11/1/1989
Pages: 204
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Penguin USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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