Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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... survive trauma . The diagnostic value of the Papanicolaou vaginal smear test has been proven , and if the tests are ... survival rate is 50 % no matter with what fre- quency medical check - ups are performed and no matter what 14 See ...
... survive trauma . The diagnostic value of the Papanicolaou vaginal smear test has been proven , and if the tests are ... survival rate is 50 % no matter with what fre- quency medical check - ups are performed and no matter what 14 See ...
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... survival and with equitable distribution of social outputs and equitable access to social control , the outcome ought to be a recognition of the carrying capacity of the environment and of the optimal industrial complement to autonomous ...
... survival and with equitable distribution of social outputs and equitable access to social control , the outcome ought to be a recognition of the carrying capacity of the environment and of the optimal industrial complement to autonomous ...
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... survival in a world turned into a hospital ward . Medical nemesis is the experience of people who are largely deprived of any autonomous ability to cope with nature , neigh- bour and dreams , and who are technically maintained within ...
... survival in a world turned into a hospital ward . Medical nemesis is the experience of people who are largely deprived of any autonomous ability to cope with nature , neigh- bour and dreams , and who are technically maintained within ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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