Great Minds in Despair

New Books in Neuroscience by New Books Network

Jun 17, 202645:39Science & Medicine

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Ingrid Piller speaks with Frank Stahnisch, Professor of the History of Medicine and Health Care at the University of Calgary in Canada, about his new book Great Minds...

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