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Page 45
... illness , to declare a second man what is sick though he himself does not complain , and to refuse a normal third social recognition of his pain , his disability , and even his death.22 It is medicine which stamps some pain as " merely ...
... illness , to declare a second man what is sick though he himself does not complain , and to refuse a normal third social recognition of his pain , his disability , and even his death.22 It is medicine which stamps some pain as " merely ...
Page 82
... illness associated with aging , and even less about the process and experience of aging itself.144 It cannot cure cardiovascular disease , most cancers , arthritis , advanced cirrhosis , not even the common cold . It is fortunate that ...
... illness associated with aging , and even less about the process and experience of aging itself.144 It cannot cure cardiovascular disease , most cancers , arthritis , advanced cirrhosis , not even the common cold . It is fortunate that ...
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... Illness , Mental and Otherwise : All Illnesses Express a Social Judgement , " Hastings Center Studies 1 , no . 3 ( 1973 ) : 19–40 , points out that events constitute sickness and disease only after man labels them both as deviances and ...
... Illness , Mental and Otherwise : All Illnesses Express a Social Judgement , " Hastings Center Studies 1 , no . 3 ( 1973 ) : 19–40 , points out that events constitute sickness and disease only after man labels them both as deviances and ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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