The medicalization of society : on the transformation of human conditions into treatable disorders / Peter Conrad.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

xiv, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-196) and index.

Medicalization : context, characteristics, and changes -- Extension : men and the medicalization of andropause, baldness, and erectile dysfunction -- Expansion : from hyperactive children to adult ADHD -- Enhancement : human growth hormone and the temptations of biomedical enhancement -- Continuity : homosexuality and the potential for remedicalization -- Measuring medicalization : categories, numbers, and treatment -- The shifting engines of medicalization -- Medicalization and its discontents.