The Fallible Body: Narratives of Health, Illness & Disease

The Fallible Body: Narratives of Health, Illness & Disease
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Total Pages : 261
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Download or read book The Fallible Body: Narratives of Health, Illness & Disease written by Vera Kalitzkus and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is perhaps no subject that lends itself to interdisciplinarity better than corporeal finitude, and it is a recognition of this fact that, from 12 to 15 July 2006, a group of international scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners were brought together for the 5th annual conference Making Sense of: Health Illness, and Disease.


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