Medicalization of Society
Medicalization of Society Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily…
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Medicalization of Society
Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life.Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the changing forces behind this trend with case studies of short stature, social anxiety, "male menopause," erectile dysfunction, adult ADHD, and sexual orientation. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems--birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity--are now viewed as medical conditions.
He finds in recent developments--such as the growing number of possible diagnoses and biomedical enhancements--the future direction of medicalization.Conrad He examines the emergence of and changes in medicalization, the consequences of the expanding medical domain, and the implications for health and society.
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