From Medicalisation to Pharmaceuticalisation - A Sociological Overview. New Scenarios for the Sociology of Health
The aim of this paper is to analyse the sociological literature on pharmaceuticalisation and see how sociology helps us understand and explain the phenomenon. We then discuss how sociology, especially in Anglo-Saxon countries, defines the process of pharmaceuticalisation and how this last is evolvin...
Main Author: | Bordogna Mara Tognetti |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sciendo
2014-12-01
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Series: | Social Change Review |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/scr-2015-0002 |
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