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RELIGION, HEALTH AND SUFFERING
A CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF ATTITUDES TO SUFFERING AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDICINE IN A MULTI-RELIGIOUS SOCIETY |
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Roy Porter, Professor John R. Hinnells (Editor) |
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ISBN 10: |
0710306113 |
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9780710306111 |
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Publisher: |
KEGAN PAUL |
Pub. date: |
6 January, 1999 |
Pages: |
516 |
Description: |
How do different religions explain illness and suffering? These essays, by religious practitioners, physicians, and historians of medicine, medical history, medical anthropology, and religion, cite common practice and official doctrine, and discuss traditional as well as alternative medicines in multi-religious societies. |
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First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
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Publication: |
UK |
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Kegan Paul |
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