SOC 445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pedophilia, Methylphenidate, Medical Model

• School: U of M
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 445
• Professor: Professor PJ McGann

Document Summary

E. g. , ritalin is used for those who cannot focus but a. Normal person can take ritalin to be hyper-focused: contestation, refers to the fact that there is an argument present. E. g. , the potential for medical social control: for example, pedophilia, addiction. The debate isn"t so much within the constituency whether it"s real, it"s where the phenomenon should be located: for medical: makes it legitimate discomfort and provide access, against: example of medical social control, pathologization. Mcgann & conrad: medicalization basics, troubling diagnosis (pp 349 - 352, medical social control: repressive + normalizing ( discursive ) insouciance : a casual lack of concern; can also refer to an indifference. * repackaging is part of cultural work, literally to relabel something. E. g. , you can raise and lower threshold. E. g. , in sports, some techniques are seen as cheating because it takes you above where you need to be. Usually defined as the illegal or the misuse of medical treatment.