Second Opinion; Essays on Health, Culture, and Society by Gideon Lasco
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In this book, the award-winning writer and scholar Gideon Lasco draws from his professional background as a medical doctor, medical anthropologist, and historian of medicine to offer a broader and more critical approach to health, culture, and society in the Philippines. Collected from his column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer that lends this book its name, the essays are wide-ranging and include iterpellations on the state of our health care system; insights on diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis; intersections between health and the environment; and introspections on life and death; healing and suffering.
2025/358pp
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Author: Gideon Lasco
Publisher: Ateneo de Naga University Press
Year: 2025
Condition: New
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ISBN: 9786219633895
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