Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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... pain , sickness and death . Medical civilization is planned and organized to kill pain , to eliminate sickness , and to struggle against death . These are new goals , and goals which have never before been guidelines for social life ...
... pain , sickness and death . Medical civilization is planned and organized to kill pain , to eliminate sickness , and to struggle against death . These are new goals , and goals which have never before been guidelines for social life ...
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... pain , sickness and death grows beyond a certain point , the healing power in sick- ness , patience in suffering and fortitude in the face of death must decline . These three ... KILLING OF PAIN WH 7HEN the cosmopolitan medical 92.
... pain , sickness and death grows beyond a certain point , the healing power in sick- ness , patience in suffering and fortitude in the face of death must decline . These three ... KILLING OF PAIN WH 7HEN the cosmopolitan medical 92.
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... pain . This common ideological element of otherwise opposing religions set the stage for the experience of pain ... killing or suppressing pain itself . Toellner mentions three reasons why the idea of pain - killing was alien to all ...
... pain . This common ideological element of otherwise opposing religions set the stage for the experience of pain ... killing or suppressing pain itself . Toellner mentions three reasons why the idea of pain - killing was alien to all ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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