In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government During the Last 100 YearsMethuen, 2008 - 420 páginas This 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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Página 154
... fact that he had hidden his previous poor health record . In this case Kennedy's hiding his medical information was ... fact that he had hypothyroidism as well , which was treated with thyroxine , pointing to multiple endocrine failure ...
... fact that he had hidden his previous poor health record . In this case Kennedy's hiding his medical information was ... fact that he had hypothyroidism as well , which was treated with thyroxine , pointing to multiple endocrine failure ...
Página 156
... fact about his operation . In some ways it was strange , given Kennedy's worries of any publicity about his Addison's disease , that he gave his consent to publish . No doubt he was given an assurance that it could not be traced back to ...
... fact about his operation . In some ways it was strange , given Kennedy's worries of any publicity about his Addison's disease , that he gave his consent to publish . No doubt he was given an assurance that it could not be traced back to ...
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... fact it was often nuanced and tentative . Blair personally made significant errors in stressing , when the CIA was unsure , the intelligence from the Italians that uranium oxide or ' yellow cake ' was ready to be shipped to Iraq from ...
... fact it was often nuanced and tentative . Blair personally made significant errors in stressing , when the CIA was unsure , the intelligence from the Italians that uranium oxide or ' yellow cake ' was ready to be shipped to Iraq from ...
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Prime Minister Edens illness and Suez | 109 |
President Kennedys health | 141 |
The Shahs secret illness | 191 |
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