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Volume 359:2297-2298 November 20, 2008 Number 21
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In Sickness and in Power: Illness in Heads of Government during the Last 100 Years

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By David Owen. 420 pp. Westport, CT, Praeger, 2008. $44.95. ISBN 978-0-313-36005-3.

This book is about heads of state — presidents, shahs, prime ministers. Author David Owen seeks to examine the relationship between the health of leaders and the quality and integrity of their governance. Owen comes to the subject with appropriate credentials: He was trained as a physician with a concentration in neurology and psychiatry. His principal career has been in politics as a member of the British Parliament, and he has held several cabinet posts, including Minister for the Navy, Minister of State for Health, and Foreign Secretary. This experience gave him substantial and intimate exposure to the personal traits . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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