Medicalization

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"Medicalization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as medical problems, usually in terms of illnesses, or disorders. (Annu Rev Sociol 1992 18:209)

Descriptor ID	D062528
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.334
Concept/Terms	Medicalization Medicalization Medicalizations

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Medicalization".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Medicalization [I01.880.334]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Medicalization".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Medicalization".

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