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... bureaucratic term " policy " constitutes the supreme attack on language and reason . 196 He who successfully claims power in an emergency suspends and can destroy rational evaluation . The insistence of the physician on his exclusive ...
... bureaucratic term " policy " constitutes the supreme attack on language and reason . 196 He who successfully claims power in an emergency suspends and can destroy rational evaluation . The insistence of the physician on his exclusive ...
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... bureaucratic program based on the denial of each man's need to deal with pain , sickness , and death.22 The modern medical enterprise represents an 19 A. W. Gubser , " Ist der Mittagsschlaf schädlich ? " Schweizerische Medizinische ...
... bureaucratic program based on the denial of each man's need to deal with pain , sickness , and death.22 The modern medical enterprise represents an 19 A. W. Gubser , " Ist der Mittagsschlaf schädlich ? " Schweizerische Medizinische ...
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... bureaucrats or because they live close to the one large hospital . In rich countries members of different minorities are underprivi- leged , not because , in terms of money per capita , they necessarily get less than their share , 55 ...
... bureaucrats or because they live close to the one large hospital . In rich countries members of different minorities are underprivi- leged , not because , in terms of money per capita , they necessarily get less than their share , 55 ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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