Descriptor English: | Medicalization | ||||
Descriptor Spanish: |
Medicalización
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Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicalização | ||||
Descriptor French: | Médicalisation | ||||
Entry term(s): |
Medicalizations |
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Tree number(s): |
I01.880.853.250 |
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RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D062528 | ||||
Scope note: | 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) |
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Allowable Qualifiers: |
CL classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends |
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Public MeSH Note: | 2013 |
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History Note: | 2013 |
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DeCS ID: | 55124 | ||||
Unique ID: | D062528 | ||||
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
Date Established: | 2013/01/01 | ||||
Date of Entry: | 2012/07/03 |
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ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences
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Medicalization
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Concept UI |
M0568535 |
Scope note | 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) |
Preferred term | Medicalization |
Entry term(s) |
Medicalizations |
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