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Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research
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Altruism and Health: Perspectives from Empirical Research
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Does a kindly, charitable interest in others have health benefits for the agent, particularly when coupled with helping behaviours? This book provides heuristic models, from evolution and neuroscience, to explain the association between altruism and health, and examines potential public health and practical implications of the data.
480 pages, 7 line illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 14, 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9780195182910 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 480 |
Dimensions | 236 × 163 × 31 mm · 825 g |
Editor | Post, Stephen G. (Professor, Professor, Department of Bioethics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, USA) |