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Page 39
... ability to identify needs only broadens the base from which doctors can sell their services . 64 This professionally consecrated favouritism , however , does not constitute the most important aspect of the mis - allocation of funds ...
... ability to identify needs only broadens the base from which doctors can sell their services . 64 This professionally consecrated favouritism , however , does not constitute the most important aspect of the mis - allocation of funds ...
Page 65
... ability to take care of themselves has withered , and social arrangements allowing such autonomy have practically disappeared . They are examples of modern poverty created by industrial overgrowth . The elderly in the U.S. are only an ...
... ability to take care of themselves has withered , and social arrangements allowing such autonomy have practically disappeared . They are examples of modern poverty created by industrial overgrowth . The elderly in the U.S. are only an ...
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... ability to assume per- sonal responsibility for pain , impairment , and on their attitude towards death . Culture and health are but two names for the programme by which a social group lives so as to perfect the ability of its members ...
... ability to assume per- sonal responsibility for pain , impairment , and on their attitude towards death . Culture and health are but two names for the programme by which a social group lives so as to perfect the ability of its members ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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