The medicalization of society
Conrad, Peter, 1945-
The medicalization of society on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / [electronic resource] : Peter Conrad. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xiv, 204 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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GBA718797 bnb
DNLM Uk
Social medicine--History.
Electronic books.
RA418 / .C686 2007eb
362.1
The medicalization of society on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / [electronic resource] : Peter Conrad. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xiv, 204 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
GBA718797 bnb
DNLM Uk
Social medicine--History.
Electronic books.
RA418 / .C686 2007eb
362.1