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The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders

By Peter Conrad

Book information

Publisher
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
9780801885846, 0801885841, 9780801885853, 080188585X
Open Library ID
OL22765739M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1580874 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
220\220
Topic
Medicine
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

THE MEDICALIZATION OF SOCIETY: ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN CONDITIONS INTO TREATABLE DISORDERS provides an overview of a field which recounts our love/hate relationship with the health professionals and the business side of health care systems, making for a complex analysis perfect for college-level health libraries and social science collections alike. Chapters build on over thirty years of research to explore trends in health care, treatment, and perceptions of health and the human condition, using common medical problems to consider their changing treatment and its implications for society as a whole.

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