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Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently

Effective health care depends on self-care this fact is currently heralded as if it were a discovery. – Ivan Illich

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The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts. – Ivan Illich

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Attitude
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Ivan Illich
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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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Medical
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From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life. – Dirk Benedict

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The voice collects and translates your bad physical health, your emotional worries, your personal troubles. – Placido Domingo

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Ive never had any health problems and Im Ruben, man, all the way through. – Ruben Studdard

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