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" The medicalization of society : "
Peter Conrad
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BL
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635074
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| Main Entry
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Conrad, Peter,1945-
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The medicalization of society : : on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders /\ Peter Conrad
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| Publication Statement
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Baltimore :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2007
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xiv, 204 p. ;; 24 cm
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9780801885846 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 0801885841 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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: 9780801885853 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 080188585X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index
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| Contents
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Medicalization : context, characteristics, and changes -- Extension : men and the medicalization of andropause, baldness, and erectile dysfunction -- Expansion : from hyperactive children to adult ADHD -- Enhancement : human growth hormone and the temptations of biomedical enhancement -- Continuity : homosexuality and the potential for remedicalization -- Measuring medicalization : categories, numbers, and treatment -- The shifting engines of medicalization -- Medicalization and its discontents
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Social medicine-- History
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Sociology, Medical-- trends
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| Dewey Classification
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362.1
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RA418.C686 2007
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2007 F-975
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WA 31C754m 2007
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