By David B. Morris. 345 pp. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1998. $27.50. ISBN 0-520-20869-2.
Our minds live in particular bodies, of course — hencethe psychologically shaping influence of biology, as sicknesssoon enough reminds us. The onset of a disease gives us plentyof opportunity for thought, and in no time, rather often, weare a source of worry for some and of shame for others, dependingon what ails us and where we happen to live. In a sense, then,genes, viruses, or bacteria, for all their decisive say in whogets what disease, have only so much of a hold on things. Thefamilies to which we belong and the neighborhoods . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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