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The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
The Medicalization of Society On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
Author: Peter Conrad
Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems -- birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity -- are now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life.Building on more...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801885853
ISBN-10: 080188585X
Publication Date: 4/20/2007
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
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Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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