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James Le Fanu

Born

January 01, 1950

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http://www.jameslefanu.com

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Nonfiction, Science, Health, Mind & Body

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James Le Fanu studied the Humanities at Ampleforth College before switching to medicine, graduating from Cambridge University and the Royal London Hospital. He subsequently worked in the Renal Transplant Unit and Cardiology Departments of the Royal Free and St Mary’s Hospital in London. For the past 20 he has combined working as a doctor in general practice with contributing a weekly column to the Sunday and Daily Telegraph. He has contributed articles and reviews to The New Statesman, Spectator, GQ, The British Medical Journal and Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has written several books including The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine that won the Los Angeles Prize Book Award in 2001.

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Why, 'Why Us?'?

The critical response to 'Why Us?' in the past few months could scarcely be more polarised spanning the spectrum from the gratifyingly enthusiastic ('refreshing and profound') to the remorselessly hostile ('a dreary rant'). This is only to be expected as its central theme – the validity or otherwise of the prevailing, exclusively materialist view of [...]

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Average rating: 3.79 · 758 ratings · 94 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine 3.87 avg rating — 374 ratings — published 1999 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Too Many Pills 4.08 avg rating — 116 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Us?: How Science Rediscovered the Mystery of Ourselves 3.66 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2009 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snap: Has Brain Research Reached Its Breaking Point? 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Complete Home Remedies: A Handbook of Treatments for All the Family 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chattering International: How Unicef Fails the World's Poorest Children 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Environmental Alarums: Medical Audit of Environmental Damage to Human Health 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantom Carnage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Health Wise: The Essential Guide for the Over Sixties 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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