Health and Disease

A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 287-297

  Murphy, Dominic ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructivism; Disease; Health; Revisionism; Social groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249235626     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696590.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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