Medicalisation


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Oct 28 2022 10 mins  

Have you ever thought about how or why something gets labelled as an illness? Join me as I try to learn more about this in my first ever podcast episode! You can reach me on Twitter @manibeygi to discuss more about this :) 


References for this episode:  Bakhtiari, E. and Olafsdottir, S. (2014) “Mental illness, medicalization of,” The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, pp. 1595–1600. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118410868.wbehibs443. Broom, D.H. and Woodward, R.V. (1996) “Medicalisation reconsidered: Toward a collaborative approach to care.,” Sociology of Health and Illness, 18(3), pp. 357–378. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.ep10934730. Busfield, J. (2017) “The concept of Medicalisation reassessed,” Sociology of Health & Illness, 39(5), pp. 759–774. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12538.