Petr Skrabanek: the abominable no-man
Petr Skrabanek (1940–94) was a Czech-born doctor, polemicist and literary scholar. He qualified in medicine in Ireland, and spent most of his career at the Medical School of Trinity College Dublin. He was an outspoken critic of modern medicine, particularly of what he called ‘coercive healthism’. Sk...
Main Author: | Seamus O’Mahony |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
2019-03-01
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Series: | The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
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Online Access: | https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_49_1_omahony.pdf |
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