Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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... doctor conceived of himself primarily as a healer , pain assumed the role of a step towards the restoration of health . Where the doctor could not heal , he felt no qualms about telling his patient to use analgesics and thus moderate ...
... doctor conceived of himself primarily as a healer , pain assumed the role of a step towards the restoration of health . Where the doctor could not heal , he felt no qualms about telling his patient to use analgesics and thus moderate ...
Page 196
... doctor , which remained unchanged up to the time of World War II . They derived a steady income from playing the family doctor to the middle class who could well afford them . A few of the city or town rich acquired prestige by living ...
... doctor , which remained unchanged up to the time of World War II . They derived a steady income from playing the family doctor to the middle class who could well afford them . A few of the city or town rich acquired prestige by living ...
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... doctor as just one more common mortal by snatching him into the dance . Baroque death seems to intrude constantly into the doctor's activities , making fun of him while he sells his wares at a fair , interrupting his consultation ...
... doctor as just one more common mortal by snatching him into the dance . Baroque death seems to intrude constantly into the doctor's activities , making fun of him while he sells his wares at a fair , interrupting his consultation ...
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