The Medicalization of Society

On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders

Bibliographic Data

ID23398658
AuthorsPeter Conrad (corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages224
Publication date2007-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Medicalization of Society (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.56021/9780801885846
OpenAlexW2424540952
Open LibraryOL7871601M
ISBN9780801885846
LanguageEN
Citations received551
References cited98

Over the past century an increasing number of human problems have come into the jurisdiction of the medical profession. This process has been termed the medicalization of society. We will examine core theoretical and empirical texts that examine this issue, especially the origins and consequences of medicalization. While we will read books and articles from several disciplines, the approach to this course remains ultimately sociological. This course will be organized as a seminar. Students are expected to have completed the readings and be ready to discuss them for each class. The class will be divided into two groups, and members of each group will be required to submit a 4 to 5 page reaction paper based on the readings every other week (for a total of five such papers). In addition, each student will research an aspect or case of medicalization, which will be presented to the class and handed in as a formal paper at the end of the term. In terms of grading, the following formula will be used: the reaction papers will count 30%, the presentation and class participation 20%, and the final paper 50%.

Class (philosophy) · Epistemology · Grading (engineering) · Jurisdiction · Medicalization · Pedagogy · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics) · Rubric · Sociology · Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies · Empathy and Medical Education · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Psychology · Ethics · Health Care Delivery · Historia · History · History of Medicine · Krankheitsbegriff · La kemedelsterapi · Médecine sociale · Medical · Medical Sociology · Medicine: General Issues · Medicinsk sociologi · Medizin · Medizinsoziologie · Nursing · Social medicine · Social Science · Socialmedicin · Sociology - General · Sociology, medical · Sozialer Wandel · Trends · Wissenschaftlich-technischer Fortschritt

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