Worldwide, antibiotic use is increasing, but many infections against which antibiotics are
applied are not even caused by bacteria. Over‐the‐counter and internet sales preclude …

This book examines the relationship between media and medicine, considering the
fundamental role of news coverage in constructing wider cultural understandings of health …

This article contributes to the existing literature on neoliberalism as an ideological
hegemonic project by addressing how the image of social reality it advances normalizes the …

The concept of geneticization belongs to a style of thinking within the social sciences that
refers to wide-ranging processes and consequences of genetic knowledge. Lippman's …

This collection of 49 readings offers an integrated analysis of the most important issues
regarding health and health care from a critical and sociological perspective. Substantive …

This paper examines mindfulness as a popular and paradigmatic alternative healing
practice within the context of contemporary medicalization trends. In recognition of the …

Many critics of medicalization (the process by which phenomena become candidates for
medical definition, explanation and treatment) express concern that the process privileges …

Medicalization analyses have roots in sociology and have critical usefulness for
understanding contemporary health issues including the 'post-2015 global health agenda' …

Medicalization is frequently defined as a process by which some non-medical aspects of
human life become to be considered as medical problems. Overdiagnosis, on the other …

O uso racional de medicamentos (URM) é considerado um dos elementos-chave
recomendados pela Organização Mundial de Saúde (OMS) para as políticas de …