Medicine and Western Civilization
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61 different authors
\"Anatomy and Destiny\"
\"Psyche and Soma\"
\"The Construction of Pain
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and Death\"
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Aristotle
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authors
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Bible
brief background material
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collected
colleges
contrast
country
critical thinking.
demonstrate
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Ernest Hemingway
history of medicine
illustrate
influenced
little or no discussion
Louis Pasteur
Masters and Johnson
medical research
original works
primary sources
relation
selections' relevance
Simone de Beauvoir
social science classes
stand alone
Suffering
texts' meaning
themes
Western cultural perspectives
Product details
- ISBN 9780813521909
- Weight: 708g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Dec 1995
- Publisher: Rutgers University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This fabulous anthology is sure to be a core text for history of medicine and social science classes in colleges across the country. In order to demonstrate how medical research has influenced Western cultural perspectives, the editors have collected original works from 61 different authors around nine major themes (among them "Anatomy and Destiny," "Psyche and Soma," and "The Construction of Pain, Suffering, and Death"). The authors range from Aristotle, the Bible, and Louis Pasteur, to Masters and Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, and Simone de Beauvoir. The primary sources selected to illustrate the themes are well chosen and contrast with each other nicely. However, the brief background material for the selections center around the authors and offer little or no discussion about the selections' relevance to the topics at hand. This book would be best read in a class or group where the texts' meaning in relation to each other can be discussed, but the book can stand alone if the reader is prepared to do some critical thinking.
