The Disease Inventors
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https://doi.org/10.30820/8242.03Keywords:
Health, Pharmaceutical Industry, Disease Inventors, MedicalisationAbstract
The pharmaceutical industry is in the process of redefining human health with the aim of turning health into an unattainable state. Many ordinary processes of life – birth, age, sexuality, unhappiness and death – and normal behaviour patterns are systematically portrayed as pathological. Global corporations sponsor the invention of entire diseases and treatments, thereby generating new markets for their products. For there is much money to be made once you sedate fidgeting children, declare cholesterol the number one risk factor or introduce questionable screenings.Downloads
Published
2018-04-18
How to Cite
Blech, J. (2018). The Disease Inventors. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, 8(1), 19–21. https://doi.org/10.30820/8242.03
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Titelthema: Politik der Diagnose
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