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... morbidity ' , which if treated would result in a reduction in subsequent sickness rates . Thus Beveridge had expected that the annual cost of the health service would fall as effective therapy reduced morbidity.46 It had not been ...
... morbidity ' , which if treated would result in a reduction in subsequent sickness rates . Thus Beveridge had expected that the annual cost of the health service would fall as effective therapy reduced morbidity.46 It had not been ...
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... morbidity has simply been extended and is applied to situations which have nothing to do with morbidity in the strict sense but merely with the probability that morbidity may appear within a given time ... the patient who consults his ...
... morbidity has simply been extended and is applied to situations which have nothing to do with morbidity in the strict sense but merely with the probability that morbidity may appear within a given time ... the patient who consults his ...
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... morbid society that demands universal medicalization and a medical establishment that certifies universal morbidity.109 In a morbid society the belief prevails that defined and diagnosed ill health is infinitely preferable to any other ...
... morbid society that demands universal medicalization and a medical establishment that certifies universal morbidity.109 In a morbid society the belief prevails that defined and diagnosed ill health is infinitely preferable to any other ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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