overmedicalization

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ medicalization.

Noun

overmedicalization (uncountable)

  1. Excessive medicalization.
    Near-synonyms: disease mongering, pathologization
    • 2015 June 2, Giorgio Visentin, “The Difficult Choice of "Not Doing"”, in International Journal of Health Policy and Management‎[1], volume 4, →DOI:
      The difficult choice of "not doing": Comment on "Quaternary prevention, an answer of family doctors to overmedicalization".

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