The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
- ISBN-10
- 0801892341
- ISBN-13
- 9780801892349
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-06-11
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Peter Conrad
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This thought-provoking study offers valuable insight into not only how medicalization got to this point but how it may continue to evolve.
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