Medicalization of Old Age: Experiencing Healthism and Overdiagnosis in a Nordic Welfare State.
Med Anthropol
; 43(4): 310-323, 2024 05 18.
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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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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Envejecimiento
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Antropología Médica
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Medicalización
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Uso Excesivo de los Servicios de Salud
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Med Anthropol
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Dinamarca
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos