Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream

Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780393325652
ISBN-13 : 0393325652
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Book Synopsis Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream by : Carl Elliott

Download or read book Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream written by Carl Elliott and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of "enhancement technologies" in America considers the pervasiveness of self-improvement drugs and procedures in spite of society's general unease about their use.


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