Beyond Mainstream Medicine

Dr. med. Thomas Hardtmuth is a specialist in general surgery/thoracic surgery, freelance author, and long-time lecturer in health sciences and social medicine at the Baden-Wurttemberg University of Applied Sciences. He studied medicine at the TU and LMU Munich. He has been working as a doctor in various clinics in southern Germany since 1985, most recently as senior physician for general surgery and thoracic surgery at the Heidenheim Clinic. Virology and the role of viruses in nature and evolution is an area of research specialisation. Dr Hardtmuth has published numerous articles and books, most in German. Richard House, MA [Oxon], Ph.D. is a chartered psychologist and freelance educational consultant/campaigner in Stroud, UK. He was previously a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood at the University of Winchester and lectured in psychotherapy and psychology at the University of Roehampton. He has published several books on education, as well as numerous articles and academic papers. He is editor of Self and Society: International Journal of Humanistic, Existential and Transpersonal Psychology.

Preface by Michaela Gloeckler7,
Foreword9,
Introduction: Corona in context11,
Biomechanistic Ideology 14,
The Enemy Image of Micro-organisms19,
Financial System 22,
Commercialisation of Health Care 27,
Ecological Crisis 30,
Media Psycho-techniques 35,
The authoritarian nature of modern science 40,
The Dialogue50,
References128,
Index137,
About the authors142,
Acknowledgements145.