Our Human Hearts - A Medical and Cultural Journey

Informationen zum Autor Albert Howard Carter III is the author of First Cut: A Season in the Human Anatomy Lab and has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Iowa. He is adjunct professor of social medicine at the School of Medicine, University of North Carolina. Klappentext Explores the meanings of the human heart as interpreted by two traditions: medical science and the much older cultural traditions. This book interlaces medical and linguistic information with the stories of four heart patients, each with different illnesses and different personal approaches to healing. Zusammenfassung Explores the meanings of the human heart as interpreted by two traditions: medical science and the much older cultural traditions. This book interlaces medical and linguistic information with the stories of four heart patients! each with different illnesses and different personal approaches to healing.

Product details

• Authors: Albert Howard Carter, Albert Howard Carter III
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2006
• EAN: 9780873388634
• ISBN: 978-0-87338-863-4
• No. of pages: 206
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Literature & Medicine; Literature and Medicine Series; Literature and Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries