medicalization

med·i·ca·lize

M0190950 (mĕd′ĭ-kə-līz′)tr.v. med·i·ca·lized, med·i·ca·liz·ing, med·i·ca·liz·es To identify or categorize (a condition or behavior) as being a disorder requiring medical treatment or intervention: "Increasingly, [attention deficit disorder] has become a catch-all diagnosis that medicalizes troublesome behavior in kids" (Judy Foreman).

med′i·ca·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

medicalization

(ˌmɛdɪkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən) or

medicalisation

n (Medicine) the process of medicalizing something

medicalization

(in a medical context) the extension of medical authority into areas where lay and common-sense understandings and procedures once predominated, e.g. childbirth, where a medical frame of reference devalues the woman's perspective by stressing active management by professionals in order to minimize risk to mother and child at the same time as evaluating the success of the outcome by, mainly, technical criteria.
(more generally) the tendency to view undesirable conduct as illness requiring medical intervention, thus extending the realm of medical judgements into political, moral and social domains.

The concept has been criticized for presenting medicine as a unitary institution, for presenting lay and medical frames of reference as mutually exclusive, and for stressing the social control dimension of medicine without acknowledging the social value of medical work. It is regarded as a valuable concept because it focuses on issues of professional power and ideological domination. See also SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE.

medicalization

Social medicine A term for the erroneous tendency by society–often perpetuated by health professionals–to view effects of socioeconomic disadvantage as purely medical issues

med·i·cal·i·za·tion

(med'i-kăl-ī-zā'shŭn) Process by which life problems become articulated as health or mental health conditions.

Patient discussion about medicalization

Q. is it ok to use drugs for medical reasons? and who is to decide when is necessary to use drugs when needed? A. Today the most used "medical" drugs are narcotics- for pain relief, for patients who suffer extreme pain. All sorts of Codaine and Morphine types are used and on a very wide basis, and they are specially perscribed for ones who need them.

Q. How about Psychiatric Drugs for bipolar? One of my friend is suffering from bipolar. Will Psychiatric medications help him to come out of this affect?A. from what i read- there are certain medication that can help. if the first one doesn't - there is a second and third line of medication. from a personal experience (not mine, a friend of the family) it can even save your friend's life..

Q. What medications are forbidden to take with alcohol? And why is that?A. I think this web page will give you something to think about:
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa27.htm
apparently there are more drugs you shouldn’t mix with alcohol then I could think of…

More discussions about medicalization

单词	medicalization
释义	medicalization med·i·ca·lize M0190950 (mĕd′ĭ-kə-līz′)tr.v. med·i·ca·lized, med·i·ca·liz·ing, med·i·ca·liz·es To identify or categorize (a condition or behavior) as being a disorder requiring medical treatment or intervention: "Increasingly, [attention deficit disorder] has become a catch-all diagnosis that medicalizes troublesome behavior in kids" (Judy Foreman). med′i·ca·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n. medicalization (ˌmɛdɪkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən) or medicalisation n (Medicine) the process of medicalizing something medicalization medicalization (in a medical context) the extension of medical authority into areas where lay and common-sense understandings and procedures once predominated, e.g. childbirth, where a medical frame of reference devalues the woman's perspective by stressing active management by professionals in order to minimize risk to mother and child at the same time as evaluating the success of the outcome by, mainly, technical criteria. (more generally) the tendency to view undesirable conduct as illness requiring medical intervention, thus extending the realm of medical judgements into political, moral and social domains. The concept has been criticized for presenting medicine as a unitary institution, for presenting lay and medical frames of reference as mutually exclusive, and for stressing the social control dimension of medicine without acknowledging the social value of medical work. It is regarded as a valuable concept because it focuses on issues of professional power and ideological domination. See also SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE. medicalization medicalization Social medicine A term for the erroneous tendency by society–often perpetuated by health professionals–to view effects of socioeconomic disadvantage as purely medical issues med·i·cal·i·za·tion (med'i-kăl-ī-zā'shŭn) Process by which life problems become articulated as health or mental health conditions. Patient discussion about medicalization Q. is it ok to use drugs for medical reasons? and who is to decide when is necessary to use drugs when needed? A. Today the most used "medical" drugs are narcotics- for pain relief, for patients who suffer extreme pain. All sorts of Codaine and Morphine types are used and on a very wide basis, and they are specially perscribed for ones who need them. Q. How about Psychiatric Drugs for bipolar? One of my friend is suffering from bipolar. Will Psychiatric medications help him to come out of this affect?A. from what i read- there are certain medication that can help. if the first one doesn't - there is a second and third line of medication. from a personal experience (not mine, a friend of the family) it can even save your friend's life.. Q. What medications are forbidden to take with alcohol? And why is that?A. I think this web page will give you something to think about: http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa27.htm apparently there are more drugs you shouldn’t mix with alcohol then I could think of… More discussions about medicalization
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