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Medicalization
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Soc 0701 locks medicalization: conduct once treated as sin or crime redefined as illness. This entry extends that lock into the health institution.
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Heavy drinking, once treated as a moral failing, came to be understood by the mid-twentieth century as a treatable medical condition.
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Medicalization names a shift in definition, not a verdict on whether medical treatment is warranted.