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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Conrad, Peter, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Social medicine > History.
Sociology, Medical > trends
Médecine sociale > Histoire.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Health Care Issues.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
MEDICAL > Health Policy.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
Social medicine
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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