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... tonsillectomy and ade- noidectomy , hemorroidectomy , and inguinal herniorrhaphy were two or more times higher . Cholecystecomy rates were more than five times greater . The main determinants may be differences in payment of health ...
... tonsillectomy and ade- noidectomy , hemorroidectomy , and inguinal herniorrhaphy were two or more times higher . Cholecystecomy rates were more than five times greater . The main determinants may be differences in payment of health ...
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... tonsillectomy and 1 rejected the rest . The rejected children were re- examined by another group of physicians , who rec- ommended tonsillectomy for 46 percent of those remaining after the first examination . When the re- ¿ jected ...
... tonsillectomy and 1 rejected the rest . The rejected children were re- examined by another group of physicians , who rec- ommended tonsillectomy for 46 percent of those remaining after the first examination . When the re- ¿ jected ...
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... tonsillectomies performed in the United States are technically unnecessary , yet 20 to 30 per- cent of all children ... Tonsillectomy , " in R. S. Eissler et al . , eds . , Psychoanalytic Study of the Child ( New York : International ...
... tonsillectomies performed in the United States are technically unnecessary , yet 20 to 30 per- cent of all children ... Tonsillectomy , " in R. S. Eissler et al . , eds . , Psychoanalytic Study of the Child ( New York : International ...
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The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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