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233-4. A critical review article. Catherine Rollet and Agnes Souriac, _ "Epidemics
et mentalites: Le Cholera de 1832 en Seine-et-Oise," Annales Economies, Socie'
tes, Civilisations, 1974, no. 4, pp. 935-65. 21 Alan Berg, The Nutrition Factor: Its ...
233-4. A critical review article. Catherine Rollet and Agnes Souriac, _ "Epidemics
et mentalites: Le Cholera de 1832 en Seine-et-Oise," Annales Economies, Socie'
tes, Civilisations, 1974, no. 4, pp. 935-65. 21 Alan Berg, The Nutrition Factor: Its ...
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The attempt to replace rather than to complement these "nonmarket activities"
with commodities is literally unhealthy. See Alan Berg, The Nutrition Factor: Its
Role in National Development (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1973),
app.
The attempt to replace rather than to complement these "nonmarket activities"
with commodities is literally unhealthy. See Alan Berg, The Nutrition Factor: Its
Role in National Development (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1973),
app.
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The damage done in a ten-year period is irreparable and of unforeseeable
consequences. 13 For an introduction to the state of discussion on world nutrition
, see Alan Berg, The Nutrition Factor: Its Role in National Development (
Washington, ...
The damage done in a ten-year period is irreparable and of unforeseeable
consequences. 13 For an introduction to the state of discussion on world nutrition
, see Alan Berg, The Nutrition Factor: Its Role in National Development (
Washington, ...
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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| Title | Limits to medicine: medical nemesis, the expropriation of health Open Forum Series Ideas in progress |
| Author | Ivan Illich |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Boyars, 1976 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Jul 2008 |
| ISBN | 071452512X, 9780714525129 |
| Length | 294 pages |
| Subjects | › Hygiene Iatrogenic diseases Medical / General Medical / Health Care Delivery Medical care Medicine Social Science / Disease & Health Issues Social medicine |
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