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English
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In the tradition of Temple Grandin, Oliver Sacks, and Neil Shubin, the authors, one a cardiologist and psychiatrist and the other a science writer look at the remarkable correspondences between the way human beings and animals live, die, get sick, and heal in their natural settings, delving into an array of disciplines such as evolution, anthropology, sociology, biology, cutting-edge medicine, and zoology, to provide an understanding of what animals...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 2005, cardiologist, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, started researching the afflictions encountered in her patients to find out if other animals were also affected. Astonishingly, she discovered that animals do indeed faint, overeat, and get cancers, just like we do, although doctors and veterinarians often treated similar conditions in vastly different ways. Perhaps healthcare would improve if the two disciplines shared new discoveries and tools?...