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... York : Braziller , 1973 ) . 108 James L. Goddard , " The Medical Business , " Scientific American 229 ( Sep- tember 1973 ) : 161-6 . Contains graphs and charts showing U.S. sales of risen by 290 percent since 1962 , a period during 69 ...
... York : Braziller , 1973 ) . 108 James L. Goddard , " The Medical Business , " Scientific American 229 ( Sep- tember 1973 ) : 161-6 . Contains graphs and charts showing U.S. sales of risen by 290 percent since 1962 , a period during 69 ...
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... York , 61 percent were found to have had their tonsils removed . " The remaining 39 percent were subjected to examination by a group of physicians , who selected 45 percent of these for tonsillectomy and rejected the rest . The rejected ...
... York , 61 percent were found to have had their tonsils removed . " The remaining 39 percent were subjected to examination by a group of physicians , who selected 45 percent of these for tonsillectomy and rejected the rest . The rejected ...
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... York : Basic Books , 1968 ) , deals with the ideology of human progress in relation to concrete history and the politico - economic aspects complementing philosophy . 23 To study this clash in Latin American history , see , on ...
... York : Basic Books , 1968 ) , deals with the ideology of human progress in relation to concrete history and the politico - economic aspects complementing philosophy . 23 To study this clash in Latin American history , see , on ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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