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Countervailing medicalization: A relational approach to the medicalization of psychosis
SSM Qualitative Research in Health, 2022 This paper provides a relational analysis of the medicalization of prodromal psychosis, a period of low-level symptoms that might or might not escalate into an official psychotic disorder (e.g., schizophrenia).
Michael Halpin
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Medicalization of female genital mutilation in Egypt: Trends, drivers, and prospects for elimination. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthFemale genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that continues to affect over 86% of women and girls in Egypt. While it has declined, the practice is increasingly medicalized posing a significant challenge to abandonment efforts.
Shatha Elnakib +7 more
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The medicalization of sleeplessness: Results of U.S. office visit outcomes, 2008–2015
SSM - Population Health, 2019 Previous analysis of U.S. physician office visits (1993–2007) indicated that the medicalization of sleeplessness was on the rise and had potentially negative implications for population health. Our study asks if the medicalization of sleeplessness at the
Máiréad Eastin Moloney +2 more
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Medicalization of female life stages: a qualitative research [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Medicalization involves treating a normal biological process or behavior as a medical issue. Technological developments and media influence have accelerated the spread of medical discourse. All stages of a woman's life, from adolescence to old
Gamze Kırlı, Şerife Didem Kaya
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Medicalization Defined in Empirical Contexts – A Scoping Review [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2020 Background Medicalization has been a topic of discussion and research for over four decades. It is a known concept to researchers from a broad range of disciplines.
Wieteke van Dijk +4 more
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Assessment of Medicalization of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Low-risk Pregnancies: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
International Journal of Community Based Nursing and Midwifery, 2022 Background: Medicalization may lead to over-testing during pregnancy and increased cesarean section (CS). This study investigated the medicalization of low-risk pregnancies and childbirths in Rasht, Iran.
Shadi Sabetghadam +4 more
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European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 2021 In this paper, my goal is to use an epistemic injustice framework to extend an existing normative analysis of over-medicalization to psychiatry and thus draw attention to overlooked injustices.
Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien
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Revista da ANPEGE, 2022 Researchers from several fields of knowledge have dedicated themselves to the investigation of the origins, materializations, and outcomes of the "medicalization" phenomenon.
João Henrique Santana Stacciarini +1 more
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Medicalization of Sexuality and Trans Situations: Evolutions and Transformations
Societies, 2022 This article explores the evolution of the definition and the process of medicalization of sexuality during the second half of the 20th century. After a review and discussion of the notion of medicalization, the application of this notion to a few ...
Alain Giami
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Medicalization of the educational process: Stating the problem [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. Педагогика, 2023 Introduction. The spread of medical theories and practices to various spheres of society is becoming a significant factor in the development of society. In the scientific literature this phenomenon is called medicalization.
Gumarova, Anastasia Nikolaevna
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