How Long to Read The Mechanical Patient

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mechanical Patient?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 16 minutes to read The Mechanical Patient by Sholom Glouberman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Healthcare is very much dependent on the model of the patient that is assumed by healthcare providers. The current model derives from a chemical/mechanical view of the patient body. Simply put: we are healthy if all of our mechanical parts are working properly and if all of the chemicals in our body are in the right proportions and have the appropriate reactions. This view is based on philosophical accounts of the body that go back to Paracelsus, Descartes, Boyle and others. It became the central basis of medical practice only in the late 19th Century after several hundred years of research and professional politics. The Mechanical Patient traces the intellectual development of the chemical/mechanical model of the patient and its implementation. This book names the problem that we have with the mechanical patient and prepares us to respond to its exaggerated place in our society. It provides a historical and conceptual background and explains how the chemical/mechanical model of health gained such a strong hold over our thinking and took the place of the earlier Galenic humoral model. It sketches a promising outline of a more humanized model for understanding health and calls for help to fully articulate it. In that way, it joins a growing movement to go beyond our current chemical/mechanical orientation.

How long is The Mechanical Patient?

The Mechanical Patient by Sholom Glouberman is 134 pages long, and a total of 34,036 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mechanical Patient Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 5 minutes to read The Mechanical Patient aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mechanical Patient?

The Mechanical Patient is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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