The medicalization of society on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders /

Main Author: Conrad, Peter, 1945-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
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245 1 4 |a The medicalization of society  |b on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders /  |c Peter Conrad. 
260 1 4 |a Baltimore :  |b Johns Hopkins University Press,  |c 2007. 
300 1 4 |a xiv, 204 p. 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index. 
505 0 4 |a 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. 
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