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

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

Peter Conrad

224 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction sociology challenging informative slow-paced

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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 condition...

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