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Health, Disease, and Illness: Concepts in Medicine

By Arthur L. Caplan (Editor), James J. McCartney (Editor), Dominic A. Sisti (Editor), Edmund D. Pellegrino (Foreword by), Galen (Contribution by), Maimonodes (Contribution by), Roy Porter (Contribution by), G.S. Rousseau (Contribution by), Samuel A. Cartwright (Contribution by), Georges Canguilhem (Contribution by), Thomas S. Szaz (Contribution by), George L. Engel (Contribution by), Robert A. Aronowitz (Contribution by), Christopher Boorse (Contribution by), K. Danner Clouser (Contribution by), Charles M. Culver (Contribution by), Bernard Gert (Contribution by), Roberto Mordacci (Contribution by), Andrew Sobel (Contribution by), R.E. Kendell (Contribution by), Winston Chiong (Contribution by), Alice Domurat Dreger (Contribution by), Peter Conrad (Contribution by), Norma C. Ware (Contribution by), John T. E. Richardson (Contribution by), Frances B. McCrea (Contribution by), Martha Holstein (Contribution by), Sander Gilman (Contribution by), George C. Williams (Contribution by), David Magnus (Contribution by), Peter J. Whitehouse (Contribution by), Eric T. Juengst (Contribution by), Maxwell J. Mehlman (Contribution by), Thomas H. Murray (Contribution by), Paul R. Wolpe (Contribution by), Arthur L. Caplan (Contribution by)
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By Arthur L. Caplan (Editor), James J. McCartney (Editor), Dominic A. Sisti (Editor), Edmund D. Pellegrino (Foreword by), Galen (Contribution by), Maimonodes (Contribution by), Roy Porter (Contribution by), G.S. Rousseau (Contribution by), Samuel A. Cartwright (Contribution by), Georges Canguilhem (Contribution by), Thomas S. Szaz (Contribution by), George L. Engel (Contribution by), Robert A. Aronowitz (Contribution by), Christopher Boorse (Contribution by), K. Danner Clouser (Contribution by), Charles M. Culver (Contribution by), Bernard Gert (Contribution by), Roberto Mordacci (Contribution by), Andrew Sobel (Contribution by), R.E. Kendell (Contribution by), Winston Chiong (Contribution by), Alice Domurat Dreger (Contribution by), Peter Conrad (Contribution by), Norma C. Ware (Contribution by), John T. E. Richardson (Contribution by), Frances B. McCrea (Contribution by), Martha Holstein (Contribution by), Sander Gilman (Contribution by), George C. Williams (Contribution by), David Magnus (Contribution by), Peter J. Whitehouse (Contribution by), Eric T. Juengst (Contribution by), Maxwell J. Mehlman (Contribution by), Thomas H. Murray (Contribution by), Paul R. Wolpe (Contribution by), Arthur L. Caplan (Contribution by)
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