A stone in a spaghetti bowl: The biological and metaphorical brain in neuro-oncology

Advances in Medical Sociology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages 99-119

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EID: 84879295070     PISSN: 10576290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1057-6290(2011)0000013009     Document Type: Article

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