The medicalization of society refers to the

A. election of medical specialists to high offices in government.
B. approach in which medical experts define all of the illnesses or diseases in our society.
C. dominance of hospitals by boards of directors with medical backgrounds.
D. growing role of medicine as a major institution of social control.


Answer: D

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