Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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Page 55
... Healing powers had always been ascribed to religious and civil authorities . The caste which had an ' in ' with the gods could call for their intervention in its sanctuaries . Up to the eighteenth century the King of England imposed his ...
... Healing powers had always been ascribed to religious and civil authorities . The caste which had an ' in ' with the gods could call for their intervention in its sanctuaries . Up to the eighteenth century the King of England imposed his ...
Page 61
... heal and find their own way . The transitive use of the verb ' healing ' comes to prevail . ' Healing ' ceases to be considered the activity of the sick and becomes increasingly the duty of the physician . Soon it can be turned from a ...
... heal and find their own way . The transitive use of the verb ' healing ' comes to prevail . ' Healing ' ceases to be considered the activity of the sick and becomes increasingly the duty of the physician . Soon it can be turned from a ...
Page 167
... healing when damaged , to suffering and to the peaceful expectation of death . Health embraces the future as well , and therefore includes anguish and the inner resources to live with it.258 Health designates a process by which each is ...
... healing when damaged , to suffering and to the peaceful expectation of death . Health embraces the future as well , and therefore includes anguish and the inner resources to live with it.258 Health designates a process by which each is ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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