Pain A Political History |
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| Author:
| Wailoo, Keith |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-1365-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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People in chronic pain have always sought relief-and have always been judged-but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in ......
People in chronic pain have always sought relief-and have always been judged-but who decides whether someone is truly in pain? In this history of American political culture, Keith Wailoo examines how pain and compassionate relief define a line between society's liberal trends and conservative tendencies. Tracing the development of pain theories in ......