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... decline of the U.S. diet with the rise of industrialization , and the reflections of this decline in U.S. health . HARMER , Ruth Mulvey , Unfit for human consumption , Prentice Hall , N.J. , 1971 , claims that the World Health ...
... decline of the U.S. diet with the rise of industrialization , and the reflections of this decline in U.S. health . HARMER , Ruth Mulvey , Unfit for human consumption , Prentice Hall , N.J. , 1971 , claims that the World Health ...
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... decline of whooping cough and measles . Certainly , at least for the moment , the medical impact on these infections confirms the popular belief of ' progress in medicine ' . But for most other infections , medicine can show no ...
... decline of whooping cough and measles . Certainly , at least for the moment , the medical impact on these infections confirms the popular belief of ' progress in medicine ' . But for most other infections , medicine can show no ...
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... declined , and is expected to decline even further.60 administration or lack of technological progress has caused this rise . One of the main reasons for this change in products is increased insurance coverage which encourages hospitals ...
... declined , and is expected to decline even further.60 administration or lack of technological progress has caused this rise . One of the main reasons for this change in products is increased insurance coverage which encourages hospitals ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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