Medicalization Defined in Empirical Contexts - A Scoping Review.
Wieteke van DijkMarjan J MeindersMarit A C TankeGert P WestertPatrick P T JeurissenPublished in: International journal of health policy and management (2020)
This review shows that empirical research on medicalization is quite heterogeneous in its definition of the concept. This reveals the richness and complexity of medicalization, once more, but also hinders the comparability of studies. Future empirical research should pay more attention to the choice made with regard to the definition of medialization and its applicability to the context of the study.