Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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... results . Drug treatment did reduce mortality from tuberculosis , tetanus , diphtheria and scarlet fever , but in ... result of intravenous feeding , blood transfusions and oxygen tents , 15 more people survive trauma . The diagnostic ...
... results . Drug treatment did reduce mortality from tuberculosis , tetanus , diphtheria and scarlet fever , but in ... result of intravenous feeding , blood transfusions and oxygen tents , 15 more people survive trauma . The diagnostic ...
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... result from the doctor's attempt to protect himself against the patient's eventual suit of malpractice ... resulting from diagnosis and treatment , those relating to social and psychological attitudes and situations , and those resulting ...
... result from the doctor's attempt to protect himself against the patient's eventual suit of malpractice ... resulting from diagnosis and treatment , those relating to social and psychological attitudes and situations , and those resulting ...
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... result of this modernization , 84 % of potential human breast milk remains unproduced . The milk of about 32,000 Chilean cows would be required to compensate for that loss , which was the result of a new concern for the mother's health ...
... result of this modernization , 84 % of potential human breast milk remains unproduced . The milk of about 32,000 Chilean cows would be required to compensate for that loss , which was the result of a new concern for the mother's health ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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