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Petr Skrabanek Biography

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Petr Skrabanek was a doctor renowned for his contributions to the history and philosophy of medicine. He was born on October 27, 1940, and passed away on June 21, 1994.

Men Suffering Journey Disease Medicine Painful Harm Graves Conquer Disease And Death

Author:Petr Skrabanek

“A respect for authority is the basis for most medical education. Students may become so used to memorising that they become prey to the illusion that the reason for learning to parrot lectures and textbooks is that they are the 'truth'.”

May Reason Truth Used Students Authority Illusion Bases Medical Prey Lectures Textbooks Parrots Medical Education

Author:Petr Skrabanek

“The physicians belief in the treatment and the patients faith in the physician exert a mutually reinforcing effect; the result is a powerful remedy that is almost guaranteed to produce an improvement and sometimes a cure”

Sometimes Belief Results Powerful Effects Produce Patient Improvement Cures Treatment Remedy Physicians

Author:Petr Skrabanek

“The pursuit of health is a symptom of unhealth. When this pursuit is no longer a personal yearning but part of state ideology, healthism for short, it becomes a symptom of political sickness.”

States Political Pursuit Ideology Sickness Yearning Symptoms

Author:Petr Skrabanek

“The cynics were watchdogs terrifying malefactors. They tried to expose falseness and conceit. That's why their name is still spoken with a snarl.”

Stills Names Conceit Falseness

Book:False Premises, False Promises

Source: False Premises, False Promises

“Until the 19th century, the term 'to consume' was used mainly in its negative connotations of 'destruction' and 'waste'. Tuberculosis was known as 'consumption', that is, a wasting disease. Then economists came up with a bizarre theory, which has become widely accepted, according to which the basis of a sound economy is a continual increase in the consumption (that is, waste) of goods”

Used Sound Term Known Economy Century Theory Disease Waste Negative Destruction Bases Increase Accepted Goods Consumption Economist Bizarre 19th Century Connotation Tuberculosis

Author:Petr Skrabanek

About the Author

Born: October 27, 1940
Died: June 21, 1994
Known for: Doctor
Quotes: 6

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