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Page 59
... traditional pragmatism , has achieved . The bias towards technological progress and centralization is reflected already in the professional reaches of medical care . China possesses not only a paramedical system but also medical ...
... traditional pragmatism , has achieved . The bias towards technological progress and centralization is reflected already in the professional reaches of medical care . China possesses not only a paramedical system but also medical ...
Page 59
... traditional pragmatism , has achieved . The bias towards technological progress and centralization is reflected already in the professional reaches of medical care . China possesses not only a paramedical system but also medical ...
... traditional pragmatism , has achieved . The bias towards technological progress and centralization is reflected already in the professional reaches of medical care . China possesses not only a paramedical system but also medical ...
Page 131
... traditional framework for habits that can become con- scious in the personal practice of the virtue of hygiene is progressively trammeled by a mechanical system , a medi- cal code by which individuals submit to the instructions ...
... traditional framework for habits that can become con- scious in the personal practice of the virtue of hygiene is progressively trammeled by a mechanical system , a medi- cal code by which individuals submit to the instructions ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
Copyright | |
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