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Page 49
... countries want hospitals , and many want them to have the most exotic modern equipment . The poorer the country , the higher the real cost of each item on their inventories . Modern hospital beds , incu- bators , laboratories ...
... countries want hospitals , and many want them to have the most exotic modern equipment . The poorer the country , the higher the real cost of each item on their inventories . Modern hospital beds , incu- bators , laboratories ...
Page 75
... countries . But in rich countries the life expectancy of those between fifteen and forty - five has tended to stabilize because accidents143 and the new diseases of civilization kill as many as formerly succumbed to pneumonia and other ...
... countries . But in rich countries the life expectancy of those between fifteen and forty - five has tended to stabilize because accidents143 and the new diseases of civilization kill as many as formerly succumbed to pneumonia and other ...
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... countries varies by factors exceeding the proportion of one to one thousand.54 In many poor countries , the few are socially predetermined to get much more than the majority , not so much because they are rich as because they are ...
... countries varies by factors exceeding the proportion of one to one thousand.54 In many poor countries , the few are socially predetermined to get much more than the majority , not so much because they are rich as because they are ...
Contents
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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