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The medicalization of society : on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / Peter Conrad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 204 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801885846 .
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Contents:
Medicalization : context, characteristics, and changes -- Extension : men and the medicalization of andropause, baldness, and erectile dysfunction -- Expansion : from hyperactive children to adult ADHD -- Enhancement : human growth hormone and the temptations of biomedical enhancement -- Continuity : homosexuality and the potential for remedicalization -- Measuring medicalization : categories, numbers, and treatment -- The shifting engines of medicalization -- Medicalization and its discontents.
Summary: The social terrain of health and illness has been transformed over the past half-century. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems are now viewed as medical conditions. This study offers insight into not only how medicalisation got to this point but also how it may continue to evolve.
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Formerly CIP. Uk

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index.

Medicalization : context, characteristics, and changes -- Extension : men and the medicalization of andropause, baldness, and erectile dysfunction -- Expansion : from hyperactive children to adult ADHD -- Enhancement : human growth hormone and the temptations of biomedical enhancement -- Continuity : homosexuality and the potential for remedicalization -- Measuring medicalization : categories, numbers, and treatment -- The shifting engines of medicalization -- Medicalization and its discontents.

The social terrain of health and illness has been transformed over the past half-century. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems are now viewed as medical conditions. This study offers insight into not only how medicalisation got to this point but also how it may continue to evolve.

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