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Anatomy and Atrophy of Medical Paternalism

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  • Graboyes, Robert
  • Topol, Eric

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Since Ancient Greece, a guiding principle of Western medicine has been paternalism—the idea that doctors have intrinsically superior insights, patients should defer to their edicts, and this asymmetry is a desirable state of affairs. In the 20th century,

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  • Graboyes, Robert & Topol, Eric, 2017. "Anatomy and Atrophy of Medical Paternalism," Annals of Computational Economics, George Mason University, Mercatus Center, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ajw:journl:06947
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