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Page 36
... costs in the insurance business have risen to 70 % of insurance payments to commercial carriers . The rate of increase can be explained by rising costs of hospital care . The cost of keeping a patient for one day in a community hospital ...
... costs in the insurance business have risen to 70 % of insurance payments to commercial carriers . The rate of increase can be explained by rising costs of hospital care . The cost of keeping a patient for one day in a community hospital ...
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... cost of a passenger mile , the total cost of a high school education , or the total cost of a colostomy are more or less the same whether they reach the customer on a free market or as public utilities . Their production costs can be ...
... cost of a passenger mile , the total cost of a high school education , or the total cost of a colostomy are more or less the same whether they reach the customer on a free market or as public utilities . Their production costs can be ...
Page 67
... cost or quality guarantee that health will be served by the activity of doctors . When consumers band together to force General Motors to sell an acceptable car , they feel competent to look under the hood and they have criteria for ...
... cost or quality guarantee that health will be served by the activity of doctors . When consumers band together to force General Motors to sell an acceptable car , they feel competent to look under the hood and they have criteria for ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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