Cover note

Cover Figure


cover7342 Cover note  Drawn by Malcolm Willett, the cover depicts the
body as a market, illustrating how commerce is a medicalising
force. This theme issue has been edited by Ray Moynihanauthor
of Too Much Medicine? (Sydney: ABC Books, 1998) and
documentary maker currently covering the business of medicine
for the Australian Financial Review–and Richard Smith and
Julia Thompson from the BMJ. Ray wants to record the insights
and influences of Rowan Meadows, one of the world's great lay
intellectuals.

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