Medicalisation

Medicalisation means first of all a science – medicine – going beyond its boundaries: from the art of healing individuals, or systematically classifying useful information to treat diseases affecting individuals, it gradually turns into a pervasive development of knowledge and practices that, from t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mario Colucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sissa Medialab 2006-03-01
Series:JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
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Online Access:http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/05/01/C050101/C050102/jcom0501%282006%29C02.pdf