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Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918

Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918

Rob Boddice

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2023
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Historia
ISBN:
9780367443863

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Increasingly, critics accused practitioners of hiding hubris behind their purported humanity and questioned whether an increasingly professional scientific community could retain its grip on the meaning of compassion. This volume presents a set of responses to this criticism. These sources show how that authority changed and grew over time.

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