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... patient.186 At a cost of between $ 500 and $ 2,000 per day , 187 celebrants in white and blue envelop what remains of the patient in antiseptic smells.188 The 184 Like policemen in pursuit of crime prevention , doctors are now given the ...
... patient.186 At a cost of between $ 500 and $ 2,000 per day , 187 celebrants in white and blue envelop what remains of the patient in antiseptic smells.188 The 184 Like policemen in pursuit of crime prevention , doctors are now given the ...
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... patient's face209 has made him into an agent of evasion or outright dissimula- tion.210 The patient's unwillingness to die on his own makes him pathetically dependent . He has now lost his faith in his ability to die , the terminal ...
... patient's face209 has made him into an agent of evasion or outright dissimula- tion.210 The patient's unwillingness to die on his own makes him pathetically dependent . He has now lost his faith in his ability to die , the terminal ...
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... patient himself . Obviously , the better the patient can be controlled , the more predictable will be the outcome in this kind of medical endeavor . And the more predictable the outcome on a population basis , the more effective will ...
... patient himself . Obviously , the better the patient can be controlled , the more predictable will be the outcome in this kind of medical endeavor . And the more predictable the outcome on a population basis , the more effective will ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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The Imperative of Health: Public Health and the Regulated Body Deborah Lupton No preview available - 1995 |