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

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Abstract

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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Keywords
  • Medicalization
  • Transformation (genetics)
  • Medicine
  • Sociology
  • Psychiatry
  • Biology
  • Genetics
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Gender equality
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