SOC243H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Extended Cycle Combined Hormonal Contraceptive, Scantron Corporation, Breast Pain
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The convergence of forces: political, economic, technological, media and moral. Science technology --- medicine: the macro context of medicalization and demedicalization. Macro processes, politiccal economy, interest groups, social conflict and social control. Institutional medicalization: a process whereby more and more of life comes to be of concern to the medical profession within institutions controlled by medical professions. There were lots of medical schools all over canada and united states around. But only rich people (white people) went to universities so they institutionalized class and control over medicine. Creates a system where it"s easier to treat (licenses, these people get funded by ohip, etc. ) and other institutions tend to rely on medical institutions (ie. judges, can find a psychiatrist to give a community order) From text: 1/50 people diagnosed with schizophrenia in ontario, doctors can prescribe drug off-label. Once a medicine is approved, they can prescribe it.
