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From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era Reprint edition
Edward Shorter
From Paralysis to Fatigue: A History of Psychosomatic Illness in the Modern Era Reprint edition
Edward Shorter
Argues that the symptoms of psychosomatic illness that patients have produced throughout the centuries are shaped by the cultural shifts of larger society, and that diseases such as "chronic fatigue syndrome" are ailments that express the deepest truths about the culture in which we live.
420 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 1, 1993 |
ISBN13 | 9780029286678 |
Publishers | Simon & Schuster |
Pages | 420 |
Dimensions | 156 × 228 × 28 mm · 666 g |
Language | English |
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