Author: Illich, Ivan [1926 - 2002]
Title: Medical Nemesis : The Expropriation of Health
Description: London, Calder & Boyars, (1975). orig.wrappers. 20x12cm, 184 pp, PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Clinical Iatrogenesis: The Epidemic of Modern Medicine; Social Iatrogenesis: The Medicalization of Life; Medicalization as a By-product of an Over-industrialized Society; Futile Political Counter-measures; Structural Iatrogenisis: The Destruction of Medical Cultures; The Killing of Pain; The Invention & Elimination of Disease; Death against Death; The Politics of Health: The Recovery of Health.

Keywords: Medical Philosophy, Social Medicine, Iatrogenic Diseases, Ethics, Health Care Policy, Politics, , ,