Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions Into Treatable Disorders by Peter Conrad

Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions Into Treatable Disorders

Peter Conrad

204 pages paperback 2007

2 editions

nonfiction sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems--birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity--are now viewed as medical conditi...

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