The medicalization of society refers to the

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


Answer: A

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