HLSC 2P21 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Medical Association Journal, Osteoporosis, Menopause
2 Apr 2018
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The medical profession has first claim to jurisdiction over the label of illness and anything to which it may be attached irrespective of its capacity to deal with it effectively (freidsn, 1970) To make something that previously wasn"t under medicine, medical . The process whereby more and more of everyday life has come under medical dominion, influence and supervision (zola, 1983) Redefining things that are deviant or natural processes (ex. Some populations are more or less vulnerable to medicalization. Adopting a medical framework to understand the problem. Removes the individual from the source of blame (ex. Using medical intervention to treat it --> not necessarily cure. Prescribing housewives medication to deal with their day, without addressing the root cause. Ordinary processes redefined as medical problems (ex. infertility) Exaggeration of disease prevalence estimates; changes in definitions (ex. Erectile dysfunction affects 2-3%, fsad affects same amount of women, but prevalence was exaggerated, estimating 43%
