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Medicalization and Professional Pedagogy

, 2020
Medicalization, specifically, is the attribution of medical connotations to events of other perinence, and the recourse to the medical doctor for the solution of problems that would require other skills, in whole or in part substantial.
Franco Blezza
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Association Between Individualized Education for Kidney Replacement Therapy Modality Selection and Peritoneal Dialysis Initiation: A Cross‐Sectional Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an established home‐based kidney replacement therapy (KRT), but its uptake remains low in Japan. We evaluated whether individualized education in a dedicated outpatient clinic was associated with the initiation of PD.
Yasuko Ito, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Takaki Yamauchi, Yuta Funakoshi, Hirotaka Sonoda, Seiji Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Terawaki, Takafumi Ito   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of DFPP on Ferroptosis in Peripheral Blood CD14+ Monocytes of Hyperlipidemic Patients Involving the ACSL4/LPCAT3/ALOX5 Pathway

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Hyperlipidemia is a major risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Although statins are the cornerstone of lipid‐lowering therapy, their use may be limited in some patients by adverse effects. This study evaluated the possible impact of non‐drug treatment using double‐filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) on CD14+
Yun Cheng, Lan Li, Qingmei Yang, Meipeng Wu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking medicalization: discursive positions of children and their caregivers on the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD in Chile

Saúde e Sociedade
The debates around the diagnosis and pharmacological treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have traditionally been approached from the perspective of the “medicalization processes” of children’s behaviour.
Pablo Reyes, Pablo Cottet, Alvaro Jimenez, Gabriela Jauregui   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Tenapanor on Body Composition and Blood Pressure in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A Pilot Study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Instruction Tenapanor potentially affects fluid volume and blood pressure. This study explored its effects on these parameters in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD). Methods We conducted a single‐arm, prospective observational study that enrolled 10 patients on PD with hyperphosphatemia who were newly initiated on tenapanor.
Shun Yoshida, Kengo Asahina, Keiichi Osano, Natsumi Saegusa, Kohei Yamamura, Kie Ohkoshi, Miho Shikata, Toshihisa Ishii, Makiko Konishi, Kazuya Takahashi, Kohei Uchimura, Ayumu Nakashima   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health and Social Issues from the Perspective of Medicalization of Society: Zola's Pioneering Contributions

Yixue yu zhexue
In the 1970s, Irving Kenneth Zola, a pioneer of contemporary medical criticism, proposed the concept of "the medicalization of society", which systematically revealed how modern medicine surpassed traditional diagnostic and therapeutic functions and ...
Wenpei TANG, Xun ZHOU
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How French media have portrayed ADHD to the lay public and to social workers

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2017
Two models of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) coexist: the biomedical and the psychosocial. We identified in nine French newspapers 159 articles giving facts and opinions about ADHD from 1995 to 2015.
Sébastien Ponnou, François Gonon
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Patient complains of …: How medicalization mediates power and justice

, 2010
The process of medicalization has been analyzed in the medical humanities with disapprobation, with much emphasis placed on its ability to reinforce existing social power structures to ill effect.
Alison Reiheld, Reiheld, Alison
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

The High Cost of a Medicalized Death: Are We Heading in the Right Direction or Is It Time for a Change?

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
The medicalization of death refers to the process by which dying is increasingly viewed and treated as a medical issue, often leading to interventions that may not align with patients' desires or values.1 This phenomenon has been shaped by historical ...
Imran Ahmad, Farooq Azam Rathore
doaj   +1 more source