Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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... result of medical intervention in favor of people who are or might become sick . It is doctor - made , or iatrogenic.5 After a century of pursuit of medical utopia , and contrary to current conventional wisdom , 7 medical services ...
... result of medical intervention in favor of people who are or might become sick . It is doctor - made , or iatrogenic.5 After a century of pursuit of medical utopia , and contrary to current conventional wisdom , 7 medical services ...
Page 32
... result from complications of drug therapy ; amazingly , one in ten comes from diagnostic procedures.68 Despite good inten- tions and claims to public service , a military officer with a similar record of performance would be relieved of ...
... result from complications of drug therapy ; amazingly , one in ten comes from diagnostic procedures.68 Despite good inten- tions and claims to public service , a military officer with a similar record of performance would be relieved of ...
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... results in a cure , or death sets in , or there is no reaction on the part of the patient . It is legitimized by ... result by reducing cognitive dissonance . The The proposals that seek to counter iatrogenesis by eliminating the 254 ...
... results in a cure , or death sets in , or there is no reaction on the part of the patient . It is legitimized by ... result by reducing cognitive dissonance . The The proposals that seek to counter iatrogenesis by eliminating the 254 ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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