The Medical Imagination

The Medical Imagination
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 9780812249866
ISBN-13 : 0812249860
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Book Synopsis The Medical Imagination by : Sari Altschuler

Download or read book The Medical Imagination written by Sari Altschuler and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Medical Imagination traces the practice of using imagination and literature to craft, test, and implement theories of health in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America. This history of imaginative experimentation provides a usable past for conversations about the role of the humanities in health research and practice today.


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