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It is not often that I find myself in such consistent disagreement with a presentation as I have with Michael D. Bayles’ “Physician as Body Mechanic.” My disagreement ranges from the basic infrastructure of the analogy to the heuristic value of using it. Unfortunately, I find the disagreement fundamental and total.
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Clements, C.D. (1978). Physician as Body Mechanic—Patient as Scrap Metal: What’s Wrong with the Analogy. In: Davis, J.W., Hoffmaster, B., Shorten, S. (eds) Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Contemporary Issues in Biomedical Ethics. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6239-8_14
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