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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a Public discussion of illness in political leaders is reasonably straightforward when the illness is described as physical but is less so when it is described as mental . This is because , regarding mental illness , the general public ...
a Public discussion of illness in political leaders is reasonably straightforward when the illness is described as physical but is less so when it is described as mental . This is because , regarding mental illness , the general public ...
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Then the public is ready to use words long discarded by the profession to describe mental illness , as a means of expressing its objection to the way its leaders are behaving . It is here , perhaps , that things become most interesting ...
Then the public is ready to use words long discarded by the profession to describe mental illness , as a means of expressing its objection to the way its leaders are behaving . It is here , perhaps , that things become most interesting ...
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Reagan's presidential diary to show that his judgement was not impaired by any falling away in mental capacity . 50 Morris describes these diary entries as ' uniform in style and cognitive content from beginning to end .
Reagan's presidential diary to show that his judgement was not impaired by any falling away in mental capacity . 50 Morris describes these diary entries as ' uniform in style and cognitive content from beginning to end .
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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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