Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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... survival from the performance of organisms into the result of technical manipulation . " Health , " after all , is simply an everyday word that is used to designate the intensity with which individuals cope with their internal states ...
... survival from the performance of organisms into the result of technical manipulation . " Health , " after all , is simply an everyday word that is used to designate the intensity with which individuals cope with their internal states ...
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... survive trauma , but survival rates for the most common types of cancer - those which make up 90 percent of the cases have remained virtually unchanged over the last twenty - five years . This fact has consistently been clouded by ...
... survive trauma , but survival rates for the most common types of cancer - those which make up 90 percent of the cases have remained virtually unchanged over the last twenty - five years . This fact has consistently been clouded by ...
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... survival with fear because adaptability , which is an asset for survival , is also a heavy handicap : the most common causes of disease are exacting adaptive demands . The health - care system , without any concern for the feelings of ...
... survival with fear because adaptability , which is an asset for survival , is also a heavy handicap : the most common causes of disease are exacting adaptive demands . The health - care system , without any concern for the feelings of ...
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