Medicalization refers to
A. the process of developing new drugs to treat a given illness.
B. treatment offered by medical doctors.
C. the process of defining a condition or behavior as an illness.
D. the growing number of doctors in the United States.
E. the idea that the body is more than a mere machine or factory.
Answer: C
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