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Quote by Ivan Illich
Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isnt organized to serv

Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isnt organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick than it heals. – Ivan Illich

Other quotes by Ivan Illich

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

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Health
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I want to encourage everyone to be proactive with their health and get checked out. – Giuliana Rancic

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Life is like a tree and its root is consciousness. Therefore, once we tend the root, the tree as a whole will be healthy. – Deepak Chopra

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Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. – Thomas Dekker

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I have a lot of health anxiety. – Charlie Kaufman

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