Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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Page 53
... institutional licensing as a substitute for the licensing of individuals . Under such a system , medical - care institutions would be licensed by the state and would then be free to hire and use personnel as each saw fit . This system ...
... institutional licensing as a substitute for the licensing of individuals . Under such a system , medical - care institutions would be licensed by the state and would then be free to hire and use personnel as each saw fit . This system ...
Page 83
... institutions , the one designed to socialize her among the blind , the other to medicalize her decrepitude . As more old people become dependent on professional services , more people are pushed into specialized institu- tions for the ...
... institutions , the one designed to socialize her among the blind , the other to medicalize her decrepitude . As more old people become dependent on professional services , more people are pushed into specialized institu- tions for the ...
Page 256
... institutions , and against the legal discrimination by , and on behalf of , people whom individuals or communities choose and appoint as their healers . The deprofessionali- zation of medicine does not mean denial of public funds for ...
... institutions , and against the legal discrimination by , and on behalf of , people whom individuals or communities choose and appoint as their healers . The deprofessionali- zation of medicine does not mean denial of public funds for ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
Copyright | |
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