Medicalization of Old Age: Experiencing Healthism and Overdiagnosis in a Nordic Welfare State.
Med Anthropol
; 43(4): 310-323, 2024 05 18.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38753499
ABSTRACT
In Denmark, people are expected to take responsibility for their health, not least as their bodies age and they experience signs of physical or mental decline. Drawing on fieldwork among older Danes, I illustrate that an excessive focus on health gives rise to social and structural controversies and disparities, linking ideas of healthy behavior at the individual level with the societal framing of disease and aging. I argue that this emphasis contributes to the unwarranted diagnosis of bodily variations that naturally occur in the aging process, a phenomenon referred to as overdiagnosis, adding to a broader medicalization of old age.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Estado_mercado_regulacao
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Envelhecimento
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Antropologia Médica
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Medicalização
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Uso Excessivo dos Serviços de Saúde
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Anthropol
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca