Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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... mortality from younger to older groups can be explained by the incorporation of these procedures and devices into the layman's culture . In contrast to environmental improvements and modern nonprofessional health measures , the ...
... mortality from younger to older groups can be explained by the incorporation of these procedures and devices into the layman's culture . In contrast to environmental improvements and modern nonprofessional health measures , the ...
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... mortality from tuberculosis , tetanus , diphtheria , and scarlet fever , but in the total decline of mortality or morbidity from these diseases , chemotherapy played a minor and possibly insignificant role.36 Malaria , leishmaniasis ...
... mortality from tuberculosis , tetanus , diphtheria , and scarlet fever , but in the total decline of mortality or morbidity from these diseases , chemotherapy played a minor and possibly insignificant role.36 Malaria , leishmaniasis ...
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... mortality the United States ranks seventeenth among nations , infant mortality among the poor is much higher than among higher - income groups . In New York City , infant mortality among the black population is more than twice as high ...
... mortality the United States ranks seventeenth among nations , infant mortality among the poor is much higher than among higher - income groups . In New York City , infant mortality among the black population is more than twice as high ...
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The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
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