Limits to Medicine

Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical
Cover of the book Limits to Medicine by Ivan Illich, Marion Boyars
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Author: Ivan Illich ISBN: 9780714521206
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publication: January 1, 1976
Imprint: Marion Boyars Language: English
Author: Ivan Illich
ISBN: 9780714521206
Publisher: Marion Boyars
Publication: January 1, 1976
Imprint: Marion Boyars
Language: English

The medical establishment has become a major threat to health'. So begins Ivan Illich's spirited and reasoned attack upon the mythic prestige of contemporary medicines, examining the customs and rituals conducted by the medical profession. Relentlessly and with full documentation taken from recognized medical sources Illich proves the impotence of medical services to change life expectancy, the insignificance of most clinical care in curing disease, the magnitude of medically inflicted damage to health, and the futility of medical and political counter measures.

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The medical establishment has become a major threat to health'. So begins Ivan Illich's spirited and reasoned attack upon the mythic prestige of contemporary medicines, examining the customs and rituals conducted by the medical profession. Relentlessly and with full documentation taken from recognized medical sources Illich proves the impotence of medical services to change life expectancy, the insignificance of most clinical care in curing disease, the magnitude of medically inflicted damage to health, and the futility of medical and political counter measures.

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