Melvin J. Konner, Author Viking Books $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-80554-9
In an arresting and candid commentary on the medical profession, Konner, a maverick, nonpracticing member and chairman of Emory University's department of anthropology, recounts his medical school training, especially the crucial first clinical...
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Melvin J. Konner, Author Viking Books $18.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-670-82936-1
To his training in anthropology and medicine, Konner adds an inherent skill at writing uncluttered prose, as he discusses such complicated issues as brain surgery, the diet of paleolithic humans, the function of orgasm and the relationship between...
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Melvin J. Konner, Author Penguin Books $9.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-14-015289-0
Nigerian tribal elders react to Hamlet , brain surgery is discussed and the relationship between psychosis and creativity is considered in an effort to distinguish between cultural conventions and instinctive responses. ``Konner felicitously...
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