The area of investigation covered in this volume deals with mode and means through which humans form and develop meaningful relationships
Illness, Bodies and Contexts: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
โ Scribed by Isabella Lange, Zoe Norridge (editors)
- Publisher
- Inter-Disciplinary Press
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 365
- Category
- Library
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