Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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... pain . Pain thus became a useful tool for diagnosis . It revealed to the physician which harmony the patient had to recover . Pain might disappear in the process of healing , but this was certainly not the primary object of the doctor's ...
... pain . Pain thus became a useful tool for diagnosis . It revealed to the physician which harmony the patient had to recover . Pain might disappear in the process of healing , but this was certainly not the primary object of the doctor's ...
Page 149
... pain , people were able to stand up in heroic defiance or stoically deny the need for alleviation ; they could welcome the opportunity for purification , penance , or sacrifice ... pain as a personal matter to be 149 The Killing of Pain.
... pain , people were able to stand up in heroic defiance or stoically deny the need for alleviation ; they could welcome the opportunity for purification , penance , or sacrifice ... pain as a personal matter to be 149 The Killing of Pain.
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... pain had become a regulator of body functions , subject to the laws of nature ; it needed no more metaphysical explanation.54 It had ceased to deserve any mystical respect and could be subjected to empirical ... pain 151 The Killing of Pain.
... pain had become a regulator of body functions , subject to the laws of nature ; it needed no more metaphysical explanation.54 It had ceased to deserve any mystical respect and could be subjected to empirical ... pain 151 The Killing of Pain.
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
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