CAS SO 215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Plastic Surgery, Methylphenidate, Social Control
2 Jan 2017
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Still boundary needs to be drawn and is usually blurry. Application of the medical professional label o o. Patients may want a certain diagnosis, but medical professional has the final say on what the medical label of their diagnosis is. Medicalizing a natural problem = pathologizes the problem to create a stigma. Pms has an official diagnosis for something that naturally happens. The process of defining previously non-medical conditions or behaviors as medical, subject to medical professional attention and treatment. The process of expansion of medical boundaries o. Linked to power of the medical profession (and the industry of pharma etc) and can be seen as coercive force turning people into patients in order to manage and control them. Adhd used to just be for kids and now adults can be diagnosed for. Adhd used to just be for kids and now adults can be diagnosed for that too.
