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Psychological Suffering, Medicalization and Women: Contributions in the Field of Public Health
Estudos e Pesquisas em Psicologia, 2021 In recent years we have seen a growing psychological suffering in women attended in primary health care in developing countries. This paper aims to analyze psychological suffering in a small city in northeastern Brazil and its relationship with ...
Luciana Fernandes de Medeiros +4 more
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Medical emergencies in medical imaging [PDF]
BMJ Quality & Safety, 2012 Sending inpatients to the medical imaging department is sometimes tantamount to discharging them from hospital for hours at a time. Consider, for example, a patient with an unexplained acute abdomen where an urgent CT scan is indicated. Patient transport, logistical delays and the procedure itself may lead to gaps in monitoring vital signs, providing ...
John A, Staples, Donald A, Redelmeier
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Revisiting Medicalization: A Critique of the Assumptions of What Counts As Medical Knowledge
Frontiers in Sociology, 2017 The concept of medicalization is hugely influential, and empirical studies have demonstrated that medicalization has largely been achieved not only through the work of medical professionals or scientists but also increasingly through the efforts of ...
Tiago Correia
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionThe use of psychotropics, such as benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BzRAs), among working-age adults in Belgium has shown educational differences. However, it is unclear how work status plays a role in this relationship.
Lisa Colman +3 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
Mairead Eastin Moloney +2 more
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Education, Immunity and Autoimmunity—A Study of Medicalized Philosophy of Education
Education Sciences, 2023 Education has been described as and considered as a remedy or a treatment for the insecurity experienced by many young people today. To recognize mental health problems and to seek treatment is the subject of many of today’s research, analyses and ...
Inga Bostad, Hilde Bondevik
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar +8 more
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Sickle Cell Disease Is an Inherent Risk for Asthma in a Sibling Comparison Study
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Sickle cell disease (SCD) and asthma share a complex relationship. Although estimates vary, asthma prevalence in children with SCD is believed to be comparable to or higher than the general population. Determining whether SCD confers an increased risk for asthma remains challenging due to overlapping symptoms and the ...
Suhei C. Zuleta De Bernardis +9 more
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Psychiatrization in mental health care: The emergency department
Frontiers in Sociology, 2022 BackgroundIn the light of high incidences of diagnosed mental disorders and the growing utilization of mental healthcare services, a progressing psychiatrization of society has been hypothesized as the underlying dynamic of these developments.
Timo Beeker
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Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 1974 This article was originally published in the Lancet in 1974.† It is reprinted here, as the centre of a set of articles, in memory of the death of Ivan Illich in December 2002.
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