Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation

Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [...]

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Published in:Societies (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2023-01, Vol.13 (1), p.17
Main Authors: Alarcão, Violeta, Pintassilgo, Sónia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Biobanks
Biomedical research
Conflicts of interest
Ethnography
Gender identity
Illnesses
Immunization
Medicalization
Medicine
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Obstetrics
Professionals
Sexuality
Social control
Society
Violence
Womens health
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Summary:Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [...]
ISSN:2075-4698
2075-4698
DOI:10.3390/soc13010017