Medicalisation: A Multi-dimensional Concept

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-241

  Ballard, Karen ^a   Elston, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consumer of healthcare; medical imperialism; medicalisation; social context of medicalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947153318     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700053     Document Type: Article

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