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Philippe Aries, "Les Techniques de la mort ," in Histoire des populations
franchises et de leurs attitudes devant la vie depuis le XVIII' Steele (Paris: Seuil,
1971), p. 373. 26 So far, world hunger and world malnutrition have increased
with ...
Philippe Aries, "Les Techniques de la mort ," in Histoire des populations
franchises et de leurs attitudes devant la vie depuis le XVIII' Steele (Paris: Seuil,
1971), p. 373. 26 So far, world hunger and world malnutrition have increased
with ...
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See Philippe Aries, Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life (New
York: Knopf, 1962), especially on the profound change the attitude towards the
death of a child underwent between the 17th and the 19th centuries. '"John
Bryant ...
See Philippe Aries, Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Life (New
York: Knopf, 1962), especially on the profound change the attitude towards the
death of a child underwent between the 17th and the 19th centuries. '"John
Bryant ...
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Aries, Philippe, 86 n., 175 n., 189-90 n., 191 n. Aristotle, 147 Artelt, Walter, 45 n.,
155 n., 172 n. Ashburn, Percy M., 132 n. Atkins, Hedley, 25 n. Aubert, Wilhelm, 90
n. Audy, Ralph, 33 n., 223 n., 234 n. Augener, Margot, 101 n., 192 n. Auster ...
Aries, Philippe, 86 n., 175 n., 189-90 n., 191 n. Aristotle, 147 Artelt, Walter, 45 n.,
155 n., 172 n. Ashburn, Percy M., 132 n. Atkins, Hedley, 25 n. Aubert, Wilhelm, 90
n. Audy, Ralph, 33 n., 223 n., 234 n. Augener, Margot, 101 n., 192 n. Auster ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
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| Title | Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health Open forum |
| Author | Ivan Illich |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Marion Boyars, 1976 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 4 Aug 2009 |
| ISBN | 071452512X, 9780714525129 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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