The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders
by Peter Conrad
In The Medicalization of Society, Peter Conrad explores how human conditions are increasingly defined as medical problems requiring diagnosis or treatment. With a focus on the social transformation of ordinary experiences into treatable disorders, this concise work examines the expanding influence of medicine on contemporary life.
About This Book
Peter Conrad examines the medicalization of society and the process by which human conditions become understood as medical problems.
The book considers how experiences and behaviors may be transformed into treatable disorders.
It explores the changing reach of medicine and the social consequences of applying medical definitions to everyday life.
This work offers a sociological perspective on the relationship between medicine, society, and the classification of human conditions.
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