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... increases and of the obsolescence prevalent in modern weapons systems . Costs overruns in programs of the Health ... increased almost twice as fast as had been planned.48 There is no precedent for a similar sustained expansion in any ...
... increases and of the obsolescence prevalent in modern weapons systems . Costs overruns in programs of the Health ... increased almost twice as fast as had been planned.48 There is no precedent for a similar sustained expansion in any ...
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... increases in pharmaceutical , hospital , and professional medicine in China are less than in other countries . For the time ... increased equity in access to care.73 In all countries the medicalization of the budget is related to well ...
... increases in pharmaceutical , hospital , and professional medicine in China are less than in other countries . For the time ... increased equity in access to care.73 In all countries the medicalization of the budget is related to well ...
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... increased , not just because there are more old people who survive , but also because there are more people who ... increasing in some poorer countries . But in rich countries the life expectancy of those between fifteen and forty - five ...
... increased , not just because there are more old people who survive , but also because there are more people who ... increasing in some poorer countries . But in rich countries the life expectancy of those between fifteen and forty - five ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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