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Pain: A Very Short Introduction
Rob Boddice
What is pain? How is pain related to emotions, culture, and pleasure? What happens to us when we feel pain? Pain: A Very Short Introduction explores the history, culture, and medical ...
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3. What animals are like
David DeGrazia
in Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction
If we see an animal in a state of fright or pain, it is natural to assume that they have the same feelings as we might. But is this well-grounded? ‘What animals are like’ using empirical ...
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4. Recreational drugs
Les Iversen
in Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Recreational drugs’ explores the origins, mechanisms, and criminalization of many widely used drugs. Many recreational drugs are legal including alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, which are ...
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1. A remarkable fact
Daniel M. Haybron
in Happiness: A Very Short Introduction
Today, we can expect to live decades longer than any generation before us. Dire poverty and many forms of oppression are on the decline. So we should be at our happiest. ‘A remarkable fact’ ...
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8. Chronic pain
Rob Boddice
in Pain: A Very Short Introduction
Chronic pain is normally considered to involve pain lasting at least three months. It is associated with many conditions and experienced in a variety of ways. Chronic pain sufferers often ...
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Introduction
Rob Boddice
in Pain: A Very Short Introduction
Pain is very difficult to define. The Introduction explains that a true understanding of physical and emotional pain must take into account biological, psychological, and social factors. ...
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3. Pain and the machine
Rob Boddice
in Pain: A Very Short Introduction
Mind-body dualism dominated Western medicine from the Enlightenment due, in part, to the philosopher René Descartes (1596–1650) who famously reduced the body’s functioning to mechanics. ...
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Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Les Iversen
Drugs: A Very Short Introduction provides a non-technical account of how drugs work in the body. The 20th century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on medicinal drugs, with ...
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3. Attending
Richard Passingham
in Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction
‘Attending’ considers the following questions: Why do some patients neglect things to their left after a stroke? Why does attending to something else decrease the feeling of pain? Why is it ...
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8. A good life
Daniel M. Haybron
in Happiness: A Very Short Introduction
What do we mean by a good life? A good life must come to an end. ‘A good life’ looks at what could be said to constitute such a life. There are two fundamental parts: whether your life is ...
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9. Cultures of pain
Rob Boddice
in Pain: A Very Short Introduction
What happens to the body and mind in a pain state is always mediated through the broad social context of the sufferer. No amount of searching in the brain and central nervous system alone ...
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2. How drugs work
Les Iversen
in Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘How drugs work’ outlines the basic mechanisms of pharmacology. Drugs are chemicals that can be naturally occurring or man-made, and which can be administered in a variety of ways. They can ...
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5. Making new medicines
Les Iversen
in Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘Making new medicines’ outlines the process of developing and marketing new drugs. Advanced techniques provide scientists with many potential receptor targets. Compounds which may affect ...
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1. History
Les Iversen
in Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
‘History’ outlines the knowledge and use of drugs through the ages. Early written records of medicinal drugs are known to have existed in a range of ancient cultures, including the Greek, ...
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3. Making illnesses better
James Yeates
in Veterinary Science: A Very Short Introduction
An obvious part of veterinary science is about making animals better when they are ill, injured, or disabled. ‘Making illnesses better’ explains the processes involved in identifying what ...
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8. Applying behaviour
Tristram D. Wyatt
in Animal Behaviour: A Very Short Introduction
Our behaviour as humans has profound effects on the lives of other animals. ‘Applying behaviour’ explores some of the ways that we can use an understanding of animal behaviour to reduce our ...
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8. Epicurean ethics
Catherine Wilson
in Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction
The Epicurean moral tenets concern living, loving, and dying. Their recommendations reflect the conviction that although pain and pleasure can be felt as either ‘psychological’ or ...
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