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Page 97
... bodily pain in its strong sense is still virgin terri- tory for research . One of the difficulties a historian of pain will encounter is the profound transformation undergone by the relationship of pain to the other ills man can suffer .
... bodily pain in its strong sense is still virgin terri- tory for research . One of the difficulties a historian of pain will encounter is the profound transformation undergone by the relationship of pain to the other ills man can suffer .
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... bodily pain has undergone an evolution in medical usage , it cannot be grasped simply in the changing significance of any one term . A second obstacle to any history of pain is its exceptional axiological and epistemological status . Bodily ...
... bodily pain has undergone an evolution in medical usage , it cannot be grasped simply in the changing significance of any one term . A second obstacle to any history of pain is its exceptional axiological and epistemological status . Bodily ...
Page 99
... pain - experience , but I cannot really tell anybody what I experience . I surmise that others have ' their ' pains ... bodily pain which sets this experience apart from any other experience , for instance from compassion for the ...
... pain - experience , but I cannot really tell anybody what I experience . I surmise that others have ' their ' pains ... bodily pain which sets this experience apart from any other experience , for instance from compassion for the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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