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... Iatrogenesis 1. The Epidemics of Modern Medicine Doctors ' Effectiveness — an Illusion Useless Medical Treatment Doctor - Inflicted Injuries Defenseless Patients PART II . Social Iatrogenesis 2. The Medicalization of Life Political ...
... Iatrogenesis 1. The Epidemics of Modern Medicine Doctors ' Effectiveness — an Illusion Useless Medical Treatment Doctor - Inflicted Injuries Defenseless Patients PART II . Social Iatrogenesis 2. The Medicalization of Life Political ...
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... iatrogenesis finds its expression in various symptoms of social overmedicalization that amount to what I shall call the expropriation of health . This second - level impact of medicine I designate as social iatrogenesis , and I shall ...
... iatrogenesis finds its expression in various symptoms of social overmedicalization that amount to what I shall call the expropriation of health . This second - level impact of medicine I designate as social iatrogenesis , and I shall ...
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... iatrogenesis is at work when health care is turned into a standardized item , a staple ; when all suffering is " hospitalized " and homes become inhospitable to birth , sickness , and death ; when the language in which people could ...
... iatrogenesis is at work when health care is turned into a standardized item , a staple ; when all suffering is " hospitalized " and homes become inhospitable to birth , sickness , and death ; when the language in which people could ...
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