First published in French as Médecins et sorciers © Éditions La Découverte, Paris, France, 2012

This English edition © Polity Press, 2018

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2189-0

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Nathan, Tobie, author. | Stengers, Isabelle, author.
Title: Doctors and healers / Tobie Nathan, Isabelle Stengers.
Other titles: Medecins et sorciers. English
Description: Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] | Originally published in
French as: Medecins et sorciers. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017057449 (print) | LCCN 2018005531 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509521890 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509521852 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509521869 (paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Medicine--Philosophy. | Quacks and quackery.
Classification: LCC R723 (ebook) | LCC R723 .N33713 2018 (print) | DDC
610.1--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017057449

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