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The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions Into Treatable Disordersby Peter Conrad
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the forces behind the trend to treat what were once commonly considered normal human conditions as medical ailments. Using case studies of short stature, social anxiety, "male menopause," erectile dysfunction, adult ADHD, and sexual orientation, he examines the emergence of and changes in medicalization, the consequences of the expanding medical domain, and the implications for health and society. This thought-provoking study offers valuable insights into how medicalization got to this point and where it is heading. Book News Annotation:Expanding his interest in the medicalization of deviance, Conrad
(social sciences, Brandeis U.) examines issues surrounding the trend
to treat facts of life such as aging medically and create new
disorders (e.g., by extending the diagnosis of attention-deficit/
hyperactivity disorder to adults). He considers the implications for
medicine, patients, and society of this trend, and expresses concern
for the re-medicalization of homosexuality due to neuroscience
findings.
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