Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation

Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [...]

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Violeta Alarcão, Sónia Pintassilgo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/13/1/17
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Summary:Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [...]
ISSN:2075-4698