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... common cold . It is fortunate that some of the pain the aged suffer can be lessened . Unfortunately , though , most treatment of the old requiring professional intervention not only tends to heighten their pain but , if successful ...
... common cold . It is fortunate that some of the pain the aged suffer can be lessened . Unfortunately , though , most treatment of the old requiring professional intervention not only tends to heighten their pain but , if successful ...
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... common name with even the approximate semantic range covered by our " doctor " existed in Europe before the fourteenth century.232 In Greece the repairman , used mostly for slaves , was respected early , though he was not 229 The social ...
... common name with even the approximate semantic range covered by our " doctor " existed in Europe before the fourteenth century.232 In Greece the repairman , used mostly for slaves , was respected early , though he was not 229 The social ...
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... common and obvious political issue related to health is based on the charge that access to medical care is inequitable , that it favors the rich over the poor , 53 the influential over the powerless . While the level of medical services ...
... common and obvious political issue related to health is based on the charge that access to medical care is inequitable , that it favors the rich over the poor , 53 the influential over the powerless . While the level of medical services ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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