Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation

Violeta Alarcão () and Sónia Pintassilgo
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Violeta Alarcão: Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte), Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
Sónia Pintassilgo: Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte), Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal

Societies, 2023, vol. 13, issue 1, 1-4

Abstract: Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [...]

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Date: 2023
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