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Page 69
... programme to assure the quality of care offered on the ' free market ' and has left it entirely to the representatives of the medical profession to determine what shall be considered good care . In late 1973 President Nixon signed ...
... programme to assure the quality of care offered on the ' free market ' and has left it entirely to the representatives of the medical profession to determine what shall be considered good care . In late 1973 President Nixon signed ...
Page 87
... programme by which a social group lives so as to perfect the ability of its members to cope with threats from the elements and from other people . To be able thus to identify culture with a health programme , I follow and elaborate the ...
... programme by which a social group lives so as to perfect the ability of its members to cope with threats from the elements and from other people . To be able thus to identify culture with a health programme , I follow and elaborate the ...
Page 89
... programme , Geertz points out that both enlightened and classical anthropology miss the point . Each endeavours to construct an image of man as a model , an archetype , a Platonic ideal , or an Aristotelian form . Whereas enlightenment ...
... programme , Geertz points out that both enlightened and classical anthropology miss the point . Each endeavours to construct an image of man as a model , an archetype , a Platonic ideal , or an Aristotelian form . Whereas enlightenment ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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