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The Role of Medicine: Dream, Mirage, or Nemesis?
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Princeton Univ Pr
Publication date January 1, 1980
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780691023625
ISBN-10 069102362X
Dimensions 0.25 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.55 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $18.95
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In analyzing the factors that have improved health and enhanced longevity during the last three centuries, Thomas McKeown contends that nutritional, environmental, and behavioral changes have been and will be more important than specific medical measures, especially clinical or curative" measures.


Originally published in 1980.


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Hardcover
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from Princeton Univ Pr (April 19, 2016)
9780691643663 | details & prices | 226 pages | List price $102.50
from Princeton Univ Pr (February 1, 1980)
9780691082356 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $45.00
About: In analyzing the factors that have improved health and enhanced longevity during the last three centuries, Thomas McKeown contends that nutritional, environmental, and behavioral changes have been and will be more important than specific medical measures, especially clinical or curative" measures.
Paperback
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from Princeton Univ Pr (July 14, 2014)
9780691616360 | details & prices | 224 pages | List price $40.95
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from Princeton Univ Pr (January 1, 1980)
9780691023625 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $18.95
About: In analyzing the factors that have improved health and enhanced longevity during the last three centuries, Thomas McKeown contends that nutritional, environmental, and behavioral changes have been and will be more important than specific medical measures, especially clinical or curative" measures.

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