Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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Page 226
... professional abuse ; money transferred from the production of hu- man spare parts to the reduction of industrial risks does buy more " health " per dollar . But all these poli- cies , unless carefully qualified , will tend to reduce the ...
... professional abuse ; money transferred from the production of hu- man spare parts to the reduction of industrial risks does buy more " health " per dollar . But all these poli- cies , unless carefully qualified , will tend to reduce the ...
Page 231
... Professional Standard Review Organizations ) for Medicaid and Medicare , the tax - supported sector of the health - care industry , which since 1970 has been second in size only to the military - industrial complex . Harsh finan- cial ...
... Professional Standard Review Organizations ) for Medicaid and Medicare , the tax - supported sector of the health - care industry , which since 1970 has been second in size only to the military - industrial complex . Harsh finan- cial ...
Page 245
... professional monopoly in assigning the sick - role , it cannot control hidden health hierarchies that multiply patients.80 " The autonomous and independent health technician , free of con- trol by the medical hierarchy , is still taboo ...
... professional monopoly in assigning the sick - role , it cannot control hidden health hierarchies that multiply patients.80 " The autonomous and independent health technician , free of con- trol by the medical hierarchy , is still taboo ...
Contents
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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