Tracy's doctor wants to treat her menopause symptoms with hormone therapy and an assortment of supplements. When Tracy discusses this with her grandmother, she is reminded that menopause was not treated 50 years ago and that most treatments for menopause are more recent developments. Which issue of women's health is being described?
a. medicalization
b. medicalization of deviance
c. stigmatization of illness
d. contested illness
a. medicalization
@Medicalization is the women’s health issue being described.
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