Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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... doctors know best what these services should be . 51 People still trust the doctor with the key to the medicine cabinet and still value its contents , but increasingly they disagree on the manner in which doctors should be organized or ...
... doctors know best what these services should be . 51 People still trust the doctor with the key to the medicine cabinet and still value its contents , but increasingly they disagree on the manner in which doctors should be organized or ...
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... doctor's 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 ...
... doctor's 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 ...
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... doctors . Practice for personal gain explains neither . Both problems persist whether doctors them- selves set their fees , fees are set for doctors , or all doctors are made into civil servants . Fundamentally , social iatrogenesis is ...
... doctors . Practice for personal gain explains neither . Both problems persist whether doctors them- selves set their fees , fees are set for doctors , or all doctors are made into civil servants . Fundamentally , social iatrogenesis is ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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