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... doctors there is no law against ignorance , no example of capital punishment . Doctors learn at our risk , they experiment and kill with sovereign impunity , in fact the doctor is the only one who may kill . They go further and make the ...
... doctors there is no law against ignorance , no example of capital punishment . Doctors learn at our risk , they experiment and kill with sovereign impunity , in fact the doctor is the only one who may kill . They go further and make the ...
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... doctor conceived of himself primarily as a healer , pain assumed the role of a step towards the restoration of health . Where the doctor could not heal , he felt no qualms about telling his patient to use analgesics and thus moderate ...
... doctor conceived of himself primarily as a healer , pain assumed the role of a step towards the restoration of health . Where the doctor could not heal , he felt no qualms about telling his patient to use analgesics and thus moderate ...
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... doctor , which remained unchanged up to the time of World War II . They derived a steady income from playing the family doctor to the middle class who could well afford them . A few of the city or town rich acquired prestige by living ...
... doctor , which remained unchanged up to the time of World War II . They derived a steady income from playing the family doctor to the middle class who could well afford them . A few of the city or town rich acquired prestige by living ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
Copyright | |
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