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1Reuth Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.
Dr Ivan Illich, the devoted fighter for the elimination of the various complications of modern medicine, died last year. This caused us to re-read and to remind the readers about the various ingredients of this iatrogenic phenomenon: polyphragmasia, the false diagnosis of "non-diseases", over-activity and over confidence of the medical establishment, non-adherence to logical work-up of diagnostic algorithm, etc. Although medicine has progressed immensely, we often encounter the various maladies of modern medicine. In rehabilitation medicine practice, we also often face a few more aspects of this subject.
Dr Ivan Illich, the devoted fighter for the elimination of the various complications of modern medicine, died last year. This caused us to re-read and to remind the readers about the various ingredients of this iatrogenic phenomenon: polyphragmasia, the false diagnosis of "non-diseases", over-activity and over confidence of the medical establishment, non-adherence to logical work-up of diagnostic algorithm, etc. Although medicine has progressed immensely, we often encounter the various maladies of modern medicine. In rehabilitation medicine practice, we also often face a few more aspects of this subject.
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