On Being Born and Other DifficultiesDraws on a variety of sources to survey numerous theories and philosophies about birth, describing humanity's often disparate attempts to understand the evolution of life and analyzing the significance of birth as it applies to ongoing debates about the human soul, sexuality, and the origins of life in the universe. 15,000 first printing. |
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Contents
Acknowledgment | 7 |
Believe only the Delivery | 32 |
Saga of the Womb or the Perils of the Mother | 54 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | On Being Born and Other Difficulties |
| Author | F. Gonzalez-Crussi |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 12, 2009 |
| ISBN | 1585674494, 9781585674497 |
| Length | 217 pages |
| Subjects | › Medical / Essays Medical / General |
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