MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02027cam a22003974a 4500
001 2006033235
003 DLC
005 20071204084536.0
008 061006s2007 mdu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006033235
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016 7 $a101289325$2DNLM
016 7 $a013689333$2Uk
020 $a9780801885846 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0801885841 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780801885853 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a080188585X (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm72774268
035 $a(OCoLC)72774268
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042 $apcc
050 00 $aRA418$b.C686 2007
060 00 $a2007 F-975
060 10 $aWA 31$bC754m 2007
082 00 $a362.1$222
100 1 $aConrad, Peter,$d1945-
245 14 $aThe medicalization of society :$bon the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders /$cPeter Conrad.
260 $aBaltimore :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2007.
300 $axiv, 204 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index.
505 0 $aMedicalization : context, characteristics, and changes -- Extension : men and the medicalization of andropause, baldness, and erectile dysfunction -- Expansion : from hyperactive children to adult ADHD -- Enhancement : human growth hormone and the temptations of biomedical enhancement -- Continuity : homosexuality and the potential for remedicalization -- Measuring medicalization : categories, numbers, and treatment -- The shifting engines of medicalization -- Medicalization and its discontents.
650 0 $aSocial medicine$xHistory.
650 12 $aSociology, Medical$xtrends.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip072/2006033235.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006033235-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0703/2006033235-d.html