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Page 56
... means in their way almost as ruthless but generally held to be more acceptable than the ability to pay . " 58 Until that time health care was kept below 6 percent of GNP , 10 percent of public spending . Private practice had shrunk from ...
... means in their way almost as ruthless but generally held to be more acceptable than the ability to pay . " 58 Until that time health care was kept below 6 percent of GNP , 10 percent of public spending . Private practice had shrunk from ...
Page 128
... means to be able to feel alive in pleasure and in pain ; it means to cherish but also to risk survival . Health and suffering as experienced sensations are phenomena that distinguish men from beasts.2 Only storybook lions are said to ...
... means to be able to feel alive in pleasure and in pain ; it means to cherish but also to risk survival . Health and suffering as experienced sensations are phenomena that distinguish men from beasts.2 Only storybook lions are said to ...
Page 140
... mean it , unless he suffers the same headache , which is impossible , because he is another person . In this sense " pain ” means a breakdown of the clear - cut distinction between organism and environ- ment , between stimulus and ...
... mean it , unless he suffers the same headache , which is impossible , because he is another person . In this sense " pain ” means a breakdown of the clear - cut distinction between organism and environ- ment , between stimulus and ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 13 |
The Medicalization of Life 393 | 41 |
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