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... effective progress has indeed been demonstrated : the partial prevention of caries through fluoridation of water is ... effective . But there is little evidence of effective treatment of most other cancers.40 The five - year survival ...
... effective progress has indeed been demonstrated : the partial prevention of caries through fluoridation of water is ... effective . But there is little evidence of effective treatment of most other cancers.40 The five - year survival ...
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... effectiveness were smallpox vaccine , quinine for malaria , and ipecac for dysentery . After 1899 the flood of new drugs continued to rise for half a century . Few of these turned out to be safer , more effective , and cheaper than well ...
... effectiveness were smallpox vaccine , quinine for malaria , and ipecac for dysentery . After 1899 the flood of new drugs continued to rise for half a century . Few of these turned out to be safer , more effective , and cheaper than well ...
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... Effective traffic depends on the ability of people to get where they must go quickly and conveniently . Effec- tive sick - care depends on the degree to which pain and dysfunction are made tolerable and recovery is enhanced . The effective ...
... Effective traffic depends on the ability of people to get where they must go quickly and conveniently . Effec- tive sick - care depends on the degree to which pain and dysfunction are made tolerable and recovery is enhanced . The effective ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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