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Descriptor English: Medicalization
Descriptor Spanish: Medicalización
Descriptor medicalización
Scope note: Proceso por el cual problemas no médicos son tratados como problemas médicos, generalmente en términos de enfermedad o trastorno. (Annu Rev Sociol 1992 18:209).
Descriptor Portuguese: Medicalização
Descriptor French: Médicalisation
Entry term(s): Medicalizations
Tree number(s): I01.880.853.250
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)
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
Public MeSH Note: 2013
History Note: 2013
DeCS ID: 55124
Unique ID: D062528
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Date Established: 2013/01/01
Date of Entry: 2012/07/03
Medicalization - Preferred
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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