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A coal mine in the human brain; representing medical assistance by Tomasz Judym to industrial workers. Colour lithograph by Wongel, 1976.

A wraith-like figure emerges 'cured' from the hospital. Coloured lithograph by Mantoux, c. 1830.

A tentative patient asks whether he will be able to taste his medicine. Coloured lithograph by A.L. Noël.

Valuing health : well-being, freedom, and suffering / Daniel M. Hausman.

Power makes us sick. Issue #3.

Gender and the social construction of illness / Judith Lorber.

Hope in health : the socio-politics of optimism / Alan Petersen.

Pioneer preventive social medicine in British Malaya / by A. Viswalingam.

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Valuing health : well-being, freedom, and suffering / Daniel M. Hausman.

Power makes us sick. Issue #3.

Gender and the social construction of illness / Judith Lorber.

Hope in health : the socio-politics of optimism / Alan Petersen.

Pioneer preventive social medicine in British Malaya / by A. Viswalingam.