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.


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Social medicine--History.


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