Medicalization of Life
Posted by GruntDoc on January 13th, 2007
Recently I read somewhere (it was through ER hater Flea) the term “Medicalization of Childhood”, meaning kids no longer have colds, they have Viral illnesses, sometimes with mild reactive airway disease, and must see a doctor and get a prescription. See also ants-in-the-pants, i.e., ADD.
The Blog that Ate Manhattan indicates this medicalization of normal life isn’t restricted to kids. Her “How to Get Pregnant” is a cry to just live, and stop worrying. Not everything needs a test, a procedure, etc.
January 16th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Someday you’ll have to take children to get vaccinated so often it’ll be known as “updating their antivirus”.