| Jonathan Fishman | 23 September 12:39 |
The
Wikipedia article, MEDICALIZATION includes: "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, patients, and corporations, and also for its implications for ordinary people whose self-identity and life decisions may depend on the prevailing concepts of health and illness. Once a condition is classified as medical, a medical model of disability tends to be used in place of a social model. Medicalization may also be termed "pathologization" or (pejoratively) "disease mongering"
Medicalization is studied from a sociologic perspective in terms of the role and power of professionals, patients, and corporations, and also for its implications for ordinary people whose self-identity and life decisions may depend on the prevailing concepts of health and illness. Once a condition is classified as medical, a medical model of disability tends to be used in place of a social model. Medicalization may also be termed "pathologization" or (pejoratively) "disease mongering"
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