In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 YearsThis study of illness in heads of government between 1901 and 2007 considers how illness and therapy - both physical and mental - affect the process of government and decision-making, leading to acts of folly, in the sense of stupidity or rashness. |
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Towards the end of Mao's life he had to give up swimming , his favourite pastime , and some have indicated this was owing to early signs of motor neurone disease . He died from a heart attack on 9 September 1976 , having been diagnosed ...
Towards the end of Mao's life he had to give up swimming , his favourite pastime , and some have indicated this was owing to early signs of motor neurone disease . He died from a heart attack on 9 September 1976 , having been diagnosed ...
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All through the Democratic primaries and the 1960 presidential race , the Kennedy campaigners flatly denied that their candidate had Addison's disease . The reason why is clear . Senator Kennedy was himself in denial , as illustrated in ...
All through the Democratic primaries and the 1960 presidential race , the Kennedy campaigners flatly denied that their candidate had Addison's disease . The reason why is clear . Senator Kennedy was himself in denial , as illustrated in ...
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Salinger : I can't tell you the exact conversation , but I remember telling him that he had been accused of having Addison's disease . And he said : ' I don't have Addison's disease . ' I said : ' You're accused of taking cortisone .
Salinger : I can't tell you the exact conversation , but I remember telling him that he had been accused of having Addison's disease . And he said : ' I don't have Addison's disease . ' I said : ' You're accused of taking cortisone .
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Prime Minister Edens illness and Suez | 109 |
President Kennedys health | 141 |
The Shahs secret illness | 191 |
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| Título | In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 Years |
| Autores | David Owen, Owen David |
| Edición | ilustrada, reimpresa, revisada |
| Editor | Methuen, 2008 |
| ISBN | 041377662X, 9780413776624 |
| N.º de páginas | 420 páginas |
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