Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills
Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills
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Zusammenfassung
The invention of a whole range of diseases including penis-size anxiety and internet addiction is turning us all into patients. Jörg Blech investigates how inventing disease is fast becoming a profitable business and unearths the real motives of those pulling the strings.
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Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills by Jrg Blech
The invention of a whole range of diseases including penis-size anxiety and internet addiction is turning us all into patients. Jorg Blech investigates how inventing disease is fast becoming a profitable business and unearths the real motives of those pulling the strings.'Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills is a timely and robust challenge to the medicalisation of life and the transformation of health into disease' - Michael Fitzpatrick, Barton House Health Centre
Jorg Blech studied biology and biochemistry at the University of Cologne, Germany and the University of Sussex, UK. He was then trained as a journalist and was awarded internships in Paris, Washington DC and Bangkok. He is the science correspondent for the magazine Der Spiegel and lives with his family in Arlington, Massachusetts.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780415390699 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415390699 |
| Titel | Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills |
| Autor | Jörg Blech |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2006-06-22 |
| Seitenanzahl | 160 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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