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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Dr. Golem Dr. Golem Harry Collins A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subje… OL15180240W
Green medicine Green medicine Larry Malerba "Blends a philosophy of healing, ecological consciousness, and spirituality with a critique of conventional medicine and provides a new vision of health care that includes the best of orthodox medica… OL18711577W
Body matters Body matters James Alfred Aho Following the core principle of phenomenology as a return "to the things themselves," Body Matters attends to the phenomena of bodily afflictions and examines them from three different standpoints: f… OL1900676W
Human heart, cosmic heart Human heart, cosmic heart Thomas Cowan "Thomas Cowan was a 20-year-old Duke gradbright, skeptical, and already disillusioned with industrial capitalism when he joined the Peace Corps in the mid-1970s for a two-year tour in Swaziland. Ther… OL20053538W
Medical Nihilism Medical Nihilism Jacob Stegenga - A highly controversial argument for a sceptical view about the effectiveness of modern medicine - Draws on interdisciplinary research and grounds the arguments in medical examples - Accessible … OL20184180W
Patient-centered medicine Patient-centered medicine Moira Stewart "The evolution of attitudes and roles in society is reflected in many facets of our lives: In the medical community, these changes are most evident in the shifting relationship between doctor and pat… OL20804501W
The value of medicine The value of medicine Philip Rhodes 3-159 p. ; 23 cm OL2364847W