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http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/11/pain-brain-regions-also-active.html
Consequently, the concept of dysfunction is systemically
hostage
to political dynamics and social power
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http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/11/pain-brain-regions-also-active.html
Consequently, the concept of dysfunction is systemically
hostage
to political dynamics and social power
Thanks,
It means that people who are in power can decide what is called bad or disordered.
hostage
n.
3. One [or something] that is under the constraining control of another: "In becoming a mother one becomes a hostage to fortune" (Janna Malamud Smith).