{"product_id":"9780813521909","title":"Medicine and Western Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fabulous anthology is sure to be a core text for history of  medicine and social science classes in colleges across the country. In  order to demonstrate how medical research has influenced Western  cultural perspectives, the editors have collected original works from 61  different authors around nine major themes (among them \"\"Anatomy and  Destiny,\"\" \"\"Psyche and Soma,\"\" and \"\"The Construction of Pain, Suffering,  and Death\"\"). The authors range from Aristotle, the Bible, and Louis  Pasteur, to Masters and Johnson, Ernest Hemingway, and Simone de  Beauvoir. The primary sources selected to illustrate the themes are well  chosen and contrast with each other nicely. However, the brief  background material for the selections center around the authors and  offer little or no discussion about the selections' relevance to the  topics at hand. This book would be best read in a class or group where  the texts' meaning in relation to each other can be discussed, but the  book can stand alone if the reader is prepared to do some critical  thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51316892107026,"sku":"9780813521909","price":100.34,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0508\/3093\/4173\/files\/9780813521909.jpg?v=1774732194","url":"https:\/\/bargainbooks.com.au\/products\/9780813521909","provider":"Bargain Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}