Can medicalization be good? Situating medicalization within bioethics

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 411-425

  Sadler, John Z ^a   Jotterand, Fabrice ^a   Lee, Simon Craddock ^a   Inrig, Stephen ^a  

^a UT Southwestern ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Medicalization

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIOETHICS; DEATH; ETHICS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METAPHYSICS; POVERTY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AGING; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CATHOLICISM; CHARITIES; DEATH; ECONOMICS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; METAPHYSICS; POVERTY; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 77649250588     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9122-4     Document Type: Article

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