Article ID: CBB000300897

The Evolution of the Concept of Medicalization in the Late Twentieth Century (2003)

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This article attempts to outline a history of the critique of medicalization that developed in the 1960s in the work of Thomas Szasz, R. D. Laing, Michael Foucault, and others that was applied in their work to medical and psychiatric theory and practice, the penal system, and public health systems. This article follows the development of Foucault's own work on governmentality that emphasized the individualization and internalization of the themes of medicalization and the application of these ideas by his disciples to contemporary medical developments. Finally, the author explores recent historiography in the history of medicine and public health that supports this thesis of individualization that both undermines and reconfigures the older notion of medicalization. 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Authors & Contributors
Espinosa, Mariola
Mathieu Arminjon
Marion-Veyron, Régis
Arnold, David J.
Vandendriessche, Joris
Vilarino, Maria Terezinha Bretas
Concepts
Historiography
Public health
Medicine
History of medicine, as a discipline
Disease and diseases
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
Latin America
France
Brazil
United States
Netherlands
Spain
Institutions
World Bank
National Health Service (Great Britain)
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