Medicalization
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medicalization-185-9410199
title:
Medicalization
text:
Medicalization is the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment. Medicalization can be driven by new evidence or hypotheses about conditions; by changing social attitudes or economic considerations; or by the development of new medications or treatments. Medicalization is studied from a sociologic perspective in terms of the role and power of professionals,
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Categorization of human problems as medical
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicalization
date created:
2005-01-07T13:18:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T19:31:39Z
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