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Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health
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Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health

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    …medical establishment, laid out in Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health (1975), were equally radical. He disputed the notion that modern medicine had led to an overall reduction in human suffering and asserted that humanity was, in fact, afflicted with an ever-increasing number of ailments caused by medical interventions. Furthermore,…

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