Care and Cure: An Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine
By: Jacob Stegenga
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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4.49
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2. Ethics
By: Baruch Spinoza , Edwin M. Curley , Stuart Hampshire , None
4.10
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
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3. How Doctors Think
By: Jerome Groopman
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
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By: C.S. Lewis
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Paperback
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5. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
By: Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None
3.35
Format: 520 pages, Paperback
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3.63
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7. An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
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3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
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3.60
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9. Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
By: Cal Newport
3.82
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
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3.69
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3.91
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12. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.93
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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By: Rebecca Skloot
4.65
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By: C.S. Lewis
4.00
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17. Care and Cure: An Introduction to Philosophy of Medicine
By: Jacob Stegenga
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
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