medicalization

Preferred Label : medicalization;

MeSH definition : A process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as medical problems, usually in terms of illnesses, or disorders. (Annu Rev Sociol 1992 18:209); The process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined as medical conditions, and so become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment. This may result in health, medical, economic, sociological, and ethical issues.;

CISMeF synonym : medicalizations;

DeCS synonym : Medicalisation;

MeSH hyponym : Over Medicalization; Over-Medicalization;

Related MeSH term : Overpathologization; Over Pathologization;

Details

Origin ID

D062528;

UMLS CUI

C3494325;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- organization & administration [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Concomitant Agent [NCIt concept]
- History of Medication [NCIt concept]
- Medical [NCIt concept]
- Medical (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Medicalisation [HPMULTI term]
- Medication [NCIt concept]
- Medication [LOINC component]
- Medication [LOINC System]
- Medication [ICNP mean]
- Medications [LOINC component]
- Medications [LOINC Class]
- medical [SNOMED Notion]
- medication [Radlex concept]
- medicines [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- Demedicalization [MeSH concept]
- Depathologization [MeSH concept]
- Over-Pathologization [MeSH concept]
- Overmedicalization [MeSH concept]
- Pathologization [MeSH concept]
- medicalization [MeSH concept]
See also
- Overdiagnosis [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Social Behavior [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to BTNT
- overmedicalisation [Q-code]
- quaternary prevention [Q-code]

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