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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Medicalization
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Medicalización
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Medicalização
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Synonyms English:
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Medicalizations
Medicalisation
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Tree Number:
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I01.880.853.250
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Definition English:
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A process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as medical problems, usually in terms of illnesses, or disorders. (Annu Rev Sociol 1992 18:209) |
See Related English:
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Medical Overuse
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History Note English:
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2013
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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55124
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Unique Identifier:
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D062528
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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