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- 2011283962 abstract "The development of modern medicine is on a very steep trajectory upward--a rise that began only about a hundred years ago. This rise is certainly quantitative, but it is accompanied by qualitative changes in the way we understand and deliver healthcare. While the common response is to celebrate these developments, this book suggests that perhaps we should also be wary, especially of the qualitative changes. Since World War II, these medical developments have entered more and more areas of our lives. It is precisely this process of medicalization that should be critically examined. Since 1980 we have medicalized life itself. Drawing from medical sociology, the book examines four characteristics of contemporary Western health care: health as a system, risk as a means of understanding health, health as a commodity, and individual responsibility for health. Critical examination of these four tendencies in contemporary health care forms the core of the argument of this important book about the essence of biohealth and medical practice. If Downing is right, and he certainly is, then medicine has been hijacked by a well-intentioned but ultimately perverse crusade for biohealth. In the name of 'health promotion and disease prevention,' physicians are made to overscreen, overmedicate, and generally harass their patients, ultimately worrying them sick rather than making them well.".
- 2011283962 contributor B12172698.
- 2011283962 created "c2011.".
- 2011283962 date "2011".
- 2011283962 date "c2011.".
- 2011283962 dateCopyrighted "c2011.".
- 2011283962 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-170) and index.".
- 2011283962 description "Preface: Hospitals : the corruption of hospitality -- Biohealth : introduction -- pt. 1. The history of biohealth. Biomedicine : 1900 to World War II -- Medicalization : World War II to 1980 -- Biohealth : 1980 to present -- pt. 2. The elements of biohealth. Systems -- Risk -- Commodities -- Responsibility -- Bioethics -- Life -- pt. 3. Biohealth in action. Family medicine -- AIDS in Africa -- Conclusion.".
- 2011283962 description "The development of modern medicine is on a very steep trajectory upward--a rise that began only about a hundred years ago. This rise is certainly quantitative, but it is accompanied by qualitative changes in the way we understand and deliver healthcare. While the common response is to celebrate these developments, this book suggests that perhaps we should also be wary, especially of the qualitative changes. Since World War II, these medical developments have entered more and more areas of our lives. It is precisely this process of medicalization that should be critically examined. Since 1980 we have medicalized life itself. Drawing from medical sociology, the book examines four characteristics of contemporary Western health care: health as a system, risk as a means of understanding health, health as a commodity, and individual responsibility for health. Critical examination of these four tendencies in contemporary health care forms the core of the argument of this important book about the essence of biohealth and medical practice. If Downing is right, and he certainly is, then medicine has been hijacked by a well-intentioned but ultimately perverse crusade for biohealth. In the name of 'health promotion and disease prevention,' physicians are made to overscreen, overmedicate, and generally harass their patients, ultimately worrying them sick rather than making them well.".
- 2011283962 extent "xvii, 172 p. ;".
- 2011283962 identifier "1608997952 (pbk.)".
- 2011283962 identifier "9781608997954 (pbk.)".
- 2011283962 issued "2011".
- 2011283962 issued "c2011.".
- 2011283962 language "eng".
- 2011283962 publisher "Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications,".
- 2011283962 subject "362.1 23".
- 2011283962 subject "Bioethics.".
- 2011283962 subject "Family medicine History 20th century.".
- 2011283962 subject "Group medical practice Sociological aspects.".
- 2011283962 subject "Health behavior Sociological aspects.".
- 2011283962 subject "Medicine Sociological aspects.".
- 2011283962 subject "Physician and patient.".
- 2011283962 subject "Public health Sociological aspects.".
- 2011283962 subject "R729.5.G6 D69 2011".
- 2011283962 tableOfContents "Preface: Hospitals : the corruption of hospitality -- Biohealth : introduction -- pt. 1. The history of biohealth. Biomedicine : 1900 to World War II -- Medicalization : World War II to 1980 -- Biohealth : 1980 to present -- pt. 2. The elements of biohealth. Systems -- Risk -- Commodities -- Responsibility -- Bioethics -- Life -- pt. 3. Biohealth in action. Family medicine -- AIDS in Africa -- Conclusion.".
- 2011283962 title "Biohealth : beyond medicalization, imposing health / Raymond Downing ; foreword by William Ray Arney.".
- 2011283962 type "text".