The medicalization of society : on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / / Peter Conrad.
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 204 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.