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Introduction. Medicine as Science and Medicine as Succor
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Harry Collins
and Trevor Pinch
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface and Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction. Medicine as Science and Medicine as Succor 1
- 1. The Hole in the Heart of Medicine 18
- 2. Faking It for Real 35
- 3. Tonsils 61
- 4. Alternative Medicine 84
- 5. Yuppie Flu, Fibromyalgia, and Other Contested Diseases 112
- 6. Defying Death 132
- 7. The AIDS Activists 153
- 8. Vaccination and Parents’ Rights 180
- Conclusion 205
- Notes 225
- Bibliography 235
- Index 241
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Preface and Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction. Medicine as Science and Medicine as Succor 1
- 1. The Hole in the Heart of Medicine 18
- 2. Faking It for Real 35
- 3. Tonsils 61
- 4. Alternative Medicine 84
- 5. Yuppie Flu, Fibromyalgia, and Other Contested Diseases 112
- 6. Defying Death 132
- 7. The AIDS Activists 153
- 8. Vaccination and Parents’ Rights 180
- Conclusion 205
- Notes 225
- Bibliography 235
- Index 241