It is hard to look at the tumor and not come away with the feeling that one has encountered a powerful monster in its infancy
Illnesses represent human judgments of conditions that exist in the natural world. They are essentially social constructions - products of our own creation.
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Illnesses represent human judgments of conditions that exist in the natural world. They are essentially social constructions - products of our own creation.
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