Limits to Medicine: Medical Nemesis, the Expropriation of Health |
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Page 60
... pharmaceutical , hospital , and professional medicine in China are less than in other countries . For the time being , however , it can be argued that in China modern medicine in rural districts was so scarce that recent increments ...
... pharmaceutical , hospital , and professional medicine in China are less than in other countries . For the time being , however , it can be argued that in China modern medicine in rural districts was so scarce that recent increments ...
Page 63
... pharmaceutical invasion . Each culture has its poisons , its remedies , its placebos , and its ritual settings for their administration.85 Most of these are destined for the healthy rather than for the sick.86 Powerful medical drugs ...
... pharmaceutical invasion . Each culture has its poisons , its remedies , its placebos , and its ritual settings for their administration.85 Most of these are destined for the healthy rather than for the sick.86 Powerful medical drugs ...
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... pharmaceutical firms and de- scribed some of the prevalent patterns of white - collar crimes in medicine.101 Within two months after the 96 James H. Young , Medical Messiahs : A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth - Century ...
... pharmaceutical firms and de- scribed some of the prevalent patterns of white - collar crimes in medicine.101 Within two months after the 96 James H. Young , Medical Messiahs : A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth - Century ...
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 |