Ageing, Healthy, and in Control: An Alternative Approach to Maintaining the Health of Older People |
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... pneumonia , syphilis , tetanus , scarlet fever , measles , and rickets , has led to an increase in medical status , the assumption being that the ' new ' medicine , 24 ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE : THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE.
... pneumonia , syphilis , tetanus , scarlet fever , measles , and rickets , has led to an increase in medical status , the assumption being that the ' new ' medicine , 24 ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE : THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE.
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... medicine still unable to explain many modern ailments , or discover effective remedies ? The cost of medicine has rocketed . Health care is consuming an ... medical knowledge , and the 27 ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE : THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE.
... medicine still unable to explain many modern ailments , or discover effective remedies ? The cost of medicine has rocketed . Health care is consuming an ... medical knowledge , and the 27 ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE : THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE.
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... medicine controls the infor- mation on which health decisions are made . Allopathy seeks to safeguard its dominant position , and resist challenges about the quality and value of what ... ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE : THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE.
... medicine controls the infor- mation on which health decisions are made . Allopathy seeks to safeguard its dominant position , and resist challenges about the quality and value of what ... ALLOPATHIC MEDICINE : THE MEDICALIZATION OF OLD AGE.
Contents
reasserting personal control | 64 |
combating loneliness | 82 |
Diet and nutrition | 98 |
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