Résumé :
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Why do American doctors perform six times as many cardiac bypass operations per capita as English doctors? Why is it that low blood pressure, which would be rewarded with reduced insurance rates in the United States, is treated as an ailment in West Germany? Why is the hysterectomy performed infrequently in France, While it is the second most common major operation in the United States? The United States, England, West Germany, and France have equivalent life expectancy rates, yet medical treatment differs enormously from country to country. 'Medicine and culture' explores these differences and reveals that many medical diagnoses and decisions are greatly influenced by national characters, cultures, and philosophies - they are not purely scientific conclusions
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