What is medicalization? How is it occurring in the United States? What are the effects of medicalization?
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1. Medicalization is the process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated
as medical problems. As a result of this process, people are now diagnosed with a wider
range of diseases and disorders.
2. Experiences that were once considered normal human issues or problems facing men and
women—such as pregnancy, aging, menstruation, menopause, and even male
baldness—have increasingly been taken over by the medical industry. At the same time,
there is a greater reliance on pharmaceuticals to cure all things labeled “problems,” from
sadness and depression to pregnancy and baldness. Medicine has therefore become an
increasingly significant part of people’s lives.
3. Examples of medicalization include pregnancy and birth as well as erectile dysfunction.
4. Medicalization can turn normal experiences into experiences of illness, but it can also
bring recognition to illnesses that have been dismissed for years.
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