by Lady Carla Davis, MPH
Specializing in Nutrition
In Harmony with Nature
IATROGENESIS
Part 1
Iatrogenesis is the causation of a disease, a harmful complication, or other ill effect by any medical activity. This includes the interaction and side effects and sometimes death from medical errors, surgical intervention, pharmaceutical drugs/medication, various therapies, diagnosis, intervention, vaccines, fluoridation, or negligence. When gene damage occurs because of this, it is often passed down to each new generation and then blamed on ‘genetics.’
The term iatrogenesis was derived from the Greek word for physician and first used in 1924. In 1976, it was introduced to sociology by philosopher, educationist, and writer Ivan Illich, who alleged that the industrialized societies impair quality of life by over medicalizing life.
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