Health and Health Care as Social Problems

Health and Health Care as Social Problems

Health and Health Care as Social Problems

Peter Conrad

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Editorial:
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2003
Materia
Historia de Europa
ISBN:
9780742528574
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This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems.

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