Health, Disease, and Illness

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Health, Disease, and Illness: Concepts in Medicine

In the 1850s, "Drapetomania" was the medical term for a disease found among black slaves in the United States. Download Health, Disease, and Illness medical books for free.
The main symptom was a strange desire to run away from their masters. In earlier centuries gout was understood as a metabolic disease of the affluent, so much so that it became a badge of uppercrust honor -- and a medical excuse to avoid hard work. Today, is there such a thing as mental illness, or is mental illness just a myth? Is Alzheimer's really a disease? What is menopause -- a biological or a social construction?Historically one can see that health, disease, and illness are concepts that have been ever fluid. Modern science, sociology, philosophy, even society -- among other factors -- constantly have these issues under microscop Get Health, Disease, and Illness our bestseller medical books.

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Modern science, sociology, philosophy, even society -- among other factors -- constantly have these issues under microscop

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