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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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Medicalization of Sexuality and Trans Situations: Evolutions and Transformations [PDF]
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 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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The medicalization of chronic pain [PDF]
Tidsskrift for Forskning i Sygdom og Samfund, 2010 This paper presents an initial analysis of the medicalization of chronic pain, focusing on the definitions and treatment of chronic pain in recent decades. We identify several factors that contributed to this medicalization including the emergence of the
Peter Conrad, Vanessa Lopes Muñoz
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The impact of medicalization on patient’s human rights [PDF]
Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética, 2018 The process of medicalization has an unquestionable impact on everyday life, particularly on the populations of the countries that are large consumer markets of medicines and health resources. The present study consists of theoretical research which aims
Aline Albuquerque Albuquerque
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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 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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Surveillance and Medicalization of Atypical Motor Development [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Disability ResearchThis article theoretically and practically navigates the controversy of whether delayed motor development should be identified through large-scale screening and addressed through the healthcare system with a diagnosis of Developmental Coordination ...
Motohide Miyahara
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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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