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Page 129
... experience of pain.1 The same nervous stimulation that I shall call " pain sensation " will result in a distinct experience , depending not only on personality but also on cul- ture . This experience , as distinct from the painful sen ...
... experience of pain.1 The same nervous stimulation that I shall call " pain sensation " will result in a distinct experience , depending not only on personality but also on cul- ture . This experience , as distinct from the painful sen ...
Page 137
... experience that allows you and me to com- pare our headaches ; much less does it mean a certain physiological or ... experience , but I cannot really tell anybody what I experience . I surmise that others have " their " pains , even ...
... experience that allows you and me to com- pare our headaches ; much less does it mean a certain physiological or ... experience , but I cannot really tell anybody what I experience . I surmise that others have " their " pains , even ...
Page 140
... experience of pain is reduced to a discomfort with a clinical name . " 27 For an experience of pain to constitute suffering in the full sense , it must fit into a cultural frame- work.28 To enable individuals to transform bodily pain ...
... experience of pain is reduced to a discomfort with a clinical name . " 27 For an experience of pain to constitute suffering in the full sense , it must fit into a cultural frame- work.28 To enable individuals to transform bodily pain ...
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The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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