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Philippe Aries, "Les Techniques de la moit," in Histoire des populations franc/
uses et de leurs attitudes devant la vie depuis le XVIII- steele (Paris: Seuil, 1971),
p. 373. 26 So far, world hunger and world malnutrition have increased with ...
Philippe Aries, "Les Techniques de la moit," in Histoire des populations franc/
uses et de leurs attitudes devant la vie depuis le XVIII- steele (Paris: Seuil, 1971),
p. 373. 26 So far, world hunger and world malnutrition have increased with ...
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See Philippe Aries, Centuries of Childhood- A Social History of Family Life (New
York: Knopf, 1962), especially on the profound change the attitude towards the
death of a child underwent between the 17th and the 19th centuries. 157 John ...
See Philippe Aries, Centuries of Childhood- A Social History of Family Life (New
York: Knopf, 1962), especially on the profound change the attitude towards the
death of a child underwent between the 17th and the 19th centuries. 157 John ...
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5This chapter leans heavily on the masterful essays by Philippe Aries: "Le Culte
des morts a l'epoque moderne," Revue de I'Academie des Sciences morales et
politique!, 1967, pp. 25-40; "La Mort inversee: Le Changement des attitudes ...
5This chapter leans heavily on the masterful essays by Philippe Aries: "Le Culte
des morts a l'epoque moderne," Revue de I'Academie des Sciences morales et
politique!, 1967, pp. 25-40; "La Mort inversee: Le Changement des attitudes ...
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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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