沙市职业大学“十二五”专业建设规.pptVIP

Too much medicine? Richard Smith Editor BMJ /talks What I want to talk about What is medicalisation? Medicalisation of birth, death, and sexuality What is normal? What is a disease? Creating “diseases”: disease mongering Why does medicalisation matter? What are the forces driving medicalisation? How should we respond? What is medicalisation? Medicalisation is the process of defining an increasing number of life’s problems as medical problems Medicalisation of birth Caesarean section rates are rising consistently around the world 90% of babies are delivered by caesarean section in some parts