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... physicians , the common people and the women in cities are more successful than men of science in treating certain diseases and on the excuses which physicians make for this ' , and the letter explaining ' Why a clever physician does ...
... physicians , the common people and the women in cities are more successful than men of science in treating certain diseases and on the excuses which physicians make for this ' , and the letter explaining ' Why a clever physician does ...
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... Physician and patient as a social system , in : New England Journal of Medicine , Vol . 212 , 1935 , pp . 819– 823 , was one of the first to suggest that the physician exonerates the sick from moral accountability for their illness ...
... Physician and patient as a social system , in : New England Journal of Medicine , Vol . 212 , 1935 , pp . 819– 823 , was one of the first to suggest that the physician exonerates the sick from moral accountability for their illness ...
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... physician . The ability to survive longer , the refusal to retire before death , and the demand for medical assistance in an incurable condition had joined forces to give rise to a new concept of sickness : the type of health to which ...
... physician . The ability to survive longer , the refusal to retire before death , and the demand for medical assistance in an incurable condition had joined forces to give rise to a new concept of sickness : the type of health to which ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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