The medicalization of society [[electronic resource] ] : on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / / Peter Conrad

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826809803321
• Autore: Conrad Peter <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 9780801892349; 0-8018-9234-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1
• Soggetti: Social medicine - History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.