GRT 3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Pattern Hair Loss, Erectile Dysfunction, Female Sexual Arousal Disorder

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Gerontology
• Course: GRT 3110
• Professor: Louise Edmonds

Document Summary

Lexchin, j. (2011) bigger and better: how p zer rede ned erectile dysfunction. Taking a biological turn: the push for a female viagra and the medicalization of women"s sexual problems. Behaviour, 45 (extra issue), 158-176. (online copy available) Bigger and better: how p zer rede ned erectile dysfunction. A problem in health care is the overuse of medications to treat natural results of aging, or as part of the normal range of human emotions. An impression had to be created that ed was of signi cant concern to many, perhaps even most, men or at least those over 40 years of age. Essentially, the criteria for treating ed had to be rede ned. Deceptive facts (over-exaggerated, population of men presenting to a urology clinic) Success rate (80%) was used to promote its use, but speculation around whether the goal is to improve reactions or successful intercourse and achievement of orgasm.