This article proposes a framework explaining how medical deviance is protected based on authority, suggesting implications for governance.
This article proposes a unified conceptual framework — symbolic immunity — to explain why radically different forms of medical deviance all benefit from structural protection proportional to the actor's authority. The model articulates agnotology, strategic ignorance, normalization of deviance, cognitive biases, and the MICE+G counterintelligence framework. Partial falsifiability testing via the Theranos case. Bilingual preprint FR/EN.
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