01963nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10256349 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 061006s2007 mdu sb 001 0 eng 2006033235 GBA718797 bnb 101289325 DNLM 013689333 Uk 9780801885846 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801885841 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801885853 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080188585X (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)310089722 RA418 .C686 2007eb 362.1 22 Conrad, Peter, 1945- The medicalization of society [electronic resource] : on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / Peter Conrad. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. xiv, 204 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index. Medicalization : context, characteristics, and changes -- Extension : men and the medicalization of andropause, baldness, and erectile dysfunction -- Expansion : from hyperactive children to adult ADHD -- Enhancement : human growth hormone and the temptations of biomedical enhancement -- Continuity : homosexuality and the potential for remedicalization -- Measuring medicalization : categories, numbers, and treatment -- The shifting engines of medicalization -- Medicalization and its discontents. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Social medicine History. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256349 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 33745 33745