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Page xvii
... political misuse of scientific achieve- ment to strengthen industrial rather than personal growth . Such medicine is but a device to convince those who are sick and tired of society that it is they who are ill , impotent , and in need ...
... political misuse of scientific achieve- ment to strengthen industrial rather than personal growth . Such medicine is but a device to convince those who are sick and tired of society that it is they who are ill , impotent , and in need ...
Page 233
... political issue re- lated to health is based on the charge that access to medical care is inequitable , that it favors the rich over the poor , 53 the influential over the powerless . While the level of medical services rendered to the ...
... political issue re- lated to health is based on the charge that access to medical care is inequitable , that it favors the rich over the poor , 53 the influential over the powerless . While the level of medical services rendered to the ...
Page 267
... political and juridical procedures become necessary to reverse industrial expansion . If these pro- cedures are conducted in a spirit of enlightened self- interest and a desire for survival , and with equitable distribution of social ...
... political and juridical procedures become necessary to reverse industrial expansion . If these pro- cedures are conducted in a spirit of enlightened self- interest and a desire for survival , and with equitable distribution of social ...
Contents
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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