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The Illness Narratives
Western medicine treats sick patients like broken machines -- figure out what is physically wrong, fix it, and send the patient on their way. But humans are not machines. When we …
Science of the Placebo
A guide for those who want a review of the state of placebo science and ethical use of placebos in clinical trials. This book brings together researchers from a wide range of …
Japan's Wartime Medical Atrocities
Prior to and during the Second World War, the Japanese Army established programs of biological warfare throughout China and elsewhere. In these "e;factories of death,"e; …
Chronic Conditions, Fluid States
Chronic Conditions, Fluid States explores the uneven impact of chronic illness and disability on individuals, families, and communities in diverse local and global settings. To …
Ground Between
The guiding inspiration of this book is the attraction and distance that mark the relation between anthropology and philosophy. This theme is explored through encounters between …
Empty Bowl
In The Empty Bowl: Poems of the Holocaust and After, Holocaust survivor Judith H. Sherman strives to record trauma through art. Her poems, written largely in the words of a …
Remaking a World
Remaking a World completes a triptych of volumes on social suffering, violence, and recovery. Social Suffering, the first volume, deals with sources and major forms of social …
Advancing Health in Developing Countries
What is the relationship between social science research and public health policy, particularly in the developing world? This question is at the heart of this collection of essays …
Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience
China has experienced a tremendous turn-around over the past three decades from the ethos of sacrificing life to the emergent appeal for valuing life. This book takes an …
The Empty Bowl
In The Empty Bowl: Poems of the Holocaust and After, Holocaust survivor Judith H. Sherman strives to make art from trauma. Her poems, written largely in the words of a …
What Really Matters
In this moving and thought-provoking volume, Arthur Kleinman tells the unsettling stories of a handful of men and women, some of whom have lived through some of the most …
World Mental Health
This book describes the burden of mental, behavioural, and social health problems in low-income countries, illuminates the reasons for the substantial morbidity rates, assesses …