Limits to medicine medical nemesis, the expropriation of health

Limits to medicine medical nemesis, the expropriation of health

"The medical establishment has become a major threat to health." This is the opening statement and basic contention of Ivan Illich's searing social critique. In Limits to Medicine Ivan Illich has enlarged on this theme of disabling social services, schools, and transport, which have b...

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Main Author: Illich, Ivan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:Slave
Published: London Marion Boyars 2002
Subjects:
Iatrogenic diseases
Ethics, Medical
Medical care
Social medicine
Delivery of Health Care
Iatrogenic Disease
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Summary:"The medical establishment has become a major threat to health." This is the opening statement and basic contention of Ivan Illich's searing social critique. In Limits to Medicine Ivan Illich has enlarged on this theme of disabling social services, schools, and transport, which have become, through over-industrialization, harmful to man. In this radical contribution to social thinking Illich decimates the myth of the magic of the medical profession
Physical Description:294 pages illustrations 20 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9781842300077
1842300075
9780714529936
0714529931

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