The "medicalization" of drug addiction is a worrying trend, one doctor argues. May 20, 2011— -- In my specialty as an addiction psychiatrist, I have often advocated for residential treatment when ...

The term "medicalization" was popularized by the Catholic philosopher and social critic Ivan Illich. Illich was troubled by the way in which what was formerly regarded as deviant behavior had come to ...

Got the blues? Here's a pill. Not happy with the shape of your belly? A tummy tuck will fix that. Want to schedule the date of your healthy baby's birth? A scalpel will be waiting. Thirty-five years ...

New and expanded medical definitions have turned a staggering number of people in recent years into patients who are told they need treatment, usually with prescription drugs. … but our independent ...

James: Let me tell you something, you're prediabetic. In this bit, James suggests that medicalization has gone too far, and I tend to agree with him. However, medicalization isn't inherently bad; it's ...

Vol. 3, No. 3, Special Issue: Health, Illness and Medicine in the Media (July 1999), pp. 317-333 (17 pages) Published By: Sage Publications, Ltd. This article examines the depiction of lay people ...

I was sorry to see the Thursday headline out of Idaho that they had banned some endocrine treatments and elective, cosmetic surgeries for minors (“Idaho governor signs bill criminalizing ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Encompassing a range of critiques, from new regimes of governmentality and biopolitical control to the iatrogenic effects of scientific ...