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... for women than in England . Discretionary operations such as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy , hemorroidectomy , and inguinal herniorrha- 28 888 result from the medical treatment of nonexistent diseases and are Medical Nemesis.
... for women than in England . Discretionary operations such as tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy , hemorroidectomy , and inguinal herniorrha- 28 888 result from the medical treatment of nonexistent diseases and are Medical Nemesis.
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... tonsillectomy and rejected the rest . The rejected children were re - examined by another group of physicians , who recommended tonsillectomy for 46 per- cent of those remaining after the first examination . When the rejected children ...
... tonsillectomy and rejected the rest . The rejected children were re - examined by another group of physicians , who recommended tonsillectomy for 46 per- cent of those remaining after the first examination . When the rejected children ...
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... tonsillectomies performed in the United States are technically unnecessary , yet 20 to 30 percent of all chil- dren ... Tonsillectomy , " in R. S. Eissler et al . , eds . , Psychoanalytic Study of the Child ( New York : International ...
... tonsillectomies performed in the United States are technically unnecessary , yet 20 to 30 percent of all chil- dren ... Tonsillectomy , " in R. S. Eissler et al . , eds . , Psychoanalytic Study of the Child ( New York : International ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
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