Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing. – Ben Hecht, Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers

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The medicalization of early diagnosis not only hampers and discourages preventative health-care but it also trains the patient-to-be to function in the meantime as an acolyte to his doctor. He learns to depend on the physician in sickness and in health. He turns into a life-long patient. – Ivan Illich
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