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

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

The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders by Peter Conrad
English | 20 Apr. 2007 | ISBN: 0801885841, 080188585X | 224 Pages | PDF | 3.25 MB

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.