Medicalisation Sociology

Medicalization - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

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The theoretical concept of medicalization means the redefinition of a problem in medical language [BER 09]. For Peter Conrad [CON 92], medicalization refers to the process through which non-medical problems become defined and treated as …

The concept of medicalisation reassessed - PubMed

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Medicalisation has been an important concept in sociological discussions of medicine since its adoption by medical sociologists in the early 1970s. Yet it has been …

The concept of medicalisation reassessed - Busfield

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I conclude that the concept continues to have a crucial and productive place in sociological analyses of medicine and that the process of medicalisation is still a key feature of late …

Medicalization: Scientific Progress or Disease Mongering?

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Medicalization – Subcultures and Sociology - Grinnell …

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Since the APA, and consequently society, medicalizes deviance displayed by subcultural groups (such as goths, gamers, or bodybuilders) in terms of mental illness, this page chooses to examine medicalization of …

Medicalisation in the UK: changing dynamics, but still …

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Medicalisation means medication for millions. Similarly, lowered thresholds for behavioural disturbance have increased the frequency of diagnoses of childhood …

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Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [1]...

7 Examples of Medicalization - Simplicable

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Medicalization is the process by which human conditions come to be viewed as medical problems. The following are theoretical examples. Disease Recognition …

medicalization definition | Open Education Sociology Dictionary

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Definition of Medicalization ( noun) The process by which something is defined as “unhealthy” and in need of treatment. Medicalization Pronunciation Pronunciation Usage …

Sociology of Medicine : Medicalization of Deviance

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In fact, there is a very strong trend towards consumers and economic markets being the driving force of medicalization. For example, the pharmaceutical industry makes millions from selling medications such as …