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... national budget , moreover , is not a privilege of the rich : in Colombia , a poor country that notoriously favors dominated by a galaxy of autonomous and often competing health plans that are sometimes commercial , sometimes provider ...
... national budget , moreover , is not a privilege of the rich : in Colombia , a poor country that notoriously favors dominated by a galaxy of autonomous and often competing health plans that are sometimes commercial , sometimes provider ...
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... National Health Service has tried , albeit unsuccessfully , to ensure that cost inflation will be less plagued by conspicuous flimflam.57 The National Health Service Act of 1946 established access to health- care resources for all those ...
... National Health Service has tried , albeit unsuccessfully , to ensure that cost inflation will be less plagued by conspicuous flimflam.57 The National Health Service Act of 1946 established access to health- care resources for all those ...
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... National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 4 vols . ( Washington , D.C .: Government Printing Office ; stock no . 5266-0003 ) . National Commission for the Study of Nursing and Nursing Education , An Abstract ...
... National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse , 1972 , 1973 , 1974 , 4 vols . ( Washington , D.C .: Government Printing Office ; stock no . 5266-0003 ) . National Commission for the Study of Nursing and Nursing Education , An Abstract ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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