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... progress and consists in the paralysis of healthy responses to suffering.43 It strikes when people accept health management designed on the engineering model , when they conspire in an attempt to produce something called ' better health ...
... progress and consists in the paralysis of healthy responses to suffering.43 It strikes when people accept health management designed on the engineering model , when they conspire in an attempt to produce something called ' better health ...
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... progress , even though the main effect of school has been shown to be the production of drop- outs as a majority . 101 In a similar way , the rituals of medical care will make people believe that their health is served by treatment ...
... progress , even though the main effect of school has been shown to be the production of drop- outs as a majority . 101 In a similar way , the rituals of medical care will make people believe that their health is served by treatment ...
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... progress are either blind or corrupt if they pretend that they can calculate the price of progress . The torts resulting from Nemesis cannot be compensated , calculated or liquidated . 255 The down - payment for industrial development ...
... progress are either blind or corrupt if they pretend that they can calculate the price of progress . The torts resulting from Nemesis cannot be compensated , calculated or liquidated . 255 The down - payment for industrial development ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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