overmedicalization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

over- +‎ medicalization

Noun[edit]

overmedicalization (uncountable)

  1. excessive medicalization
    • 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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