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medicalization  

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  • Medicalization is the process of transforming nonmedical health issues into medical problems in order to provide diagnosis and treatment. This process is accomplished by using medical language and a biomedical framework to articulate the problem. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Communication; Medicalization]

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