HLTHAGE 1AA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Allopathic Medicine, Alternative Medicine, Biomedicine

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health, Aging and Society
• Course: HLTHAGE 1AA3
• Professor: Sarah Clancy

Document Summary

Secularization: biomedicine became central in forming our understanding of health and illness because of historical transitions, the secularization of society which decreased reliance on religious doctrine allowed people to search for non-religious causes of illness. Three levels of medicalization: medicalization occurs on 3 levels: conceptually, institutionally, and through interactions, conceptually the adoption of medical vocabulary, adhd has only recently been conceptualized in medical terms after which hyperactivity in children became an issue. Institutionally organizations begin to approach a problem as medical: the introduction of special support programs and accommodations provided by educational institutions and the availability of treatment options all exemplify medicalization of hyperactivity at this level. Interactions where providers and/ or patients frame a problem as medical: when the child is referred to a health care professional to be assessed for the presence of. Adhd, and the doctor/ parent agree that the child has adhd the medicalization of this child"s behaviour is occurring at this level.