Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation

• Other Authors: Alarcão, Violeta (Editor), Pintassilgo, Sónia Cardoso (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; ageing; anti-ageing; gender; beauty; cosmetic medicine; body; appearance; aesthetic surgery; in vitro human embryo; ART beneficiaries; regimes of engagement; moral evaluations; emotional states; Portugal; obstetric violence; racism; Brazilian migrants; Black women; obstetric care; childbirth; stratified reproduction; biobank; health; human biological samples; biomedical research; ethnography; caring practices; illness narratives; Portugal (study context); medicalization; knowledge-based approach; medical dogmatism; medical skepticism; medical imperialism; sociological imperialism; sociological objectivism; sociological subjectivism; pharmaceuticalization; therapeuticalization; HPV vaccination; sexual health; health disparities; equity; sexuality; social control; pharmacologization; n/a
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Summary

Over the last 50 years, people's lives and health have been increasingly defined and influenced across the life course and across levels of influence by different processes of medicalization and social control. Although medicalization is not a new concept, new actors, in addition to medical professionals and patients, and new phenomena, such as consumerism and human enhancement, influence the processes of the transformation of human conditions into medical problems today. This reprint integrates several articles that stimulate reflexivity on the use of the concept of medicalization. The articles selected for this reprint, written by research experts in their topic of interest, contribute to the discussion on the wide variety of ethical issues that arise from medicalization processes in areas ranging from medical research conduct to reproductive health. The reader will find a fertile space for theoretical and empirical reflection, where several social science researchers with different backgrounds share their research rigorously and innovatively.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (170 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-6478-4
9783036564777
9783036564784

Access

Open Access