Mind-body dualism: A critique from a health perspective

Mens Sana Monographs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 202-209

  Mehta, Neeta ^a,b  

^a Mumbai University   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Cartesian Dualism; Cartesian Dualism and Medicine; Mind Body Dualism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955116280     PISSN: 09731229     EISSN: 19984014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1229.77436     Document Type: Review

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