Medicine, Health and Society

Medicalisation and Overdiagnosis: What Society Does to Medicine

The concept of overdiagnosis is a dominant topic in medical literature and discussions. In research that targets overdiagnosis, medicalisation is often presented as the societal and individual burden of unnecessary medical expansion. In this way, the focus lies on the influence of medicine on society, neglecting the possible influence of society on medicine. In this perspective, we aim to provi...

The European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care

Medicine and Society

There is a tendency for doctors to regard physical and mental illness in elderly people as an 'understandable part of growing old'. This often results in physical and mental disorders not being recognised and/or adequately treated. These abstracts illustrate some of the barriers, including negative attitudes and lack of knowledge, which exist and prevent elderly people from reaching their full ...

SOCIETY FOR ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Guidelines for Adolescent Health Research

Research is essential to advance health. Participation by specific populations in health research is critical in order for those populations to receive the full benefits of research. Owing to uncertainty about the legal and ethical status of adolescent involvement in research, adolescents are frequently excluded from research that is needed to improve adolescent health care and to inform health...

Sexual and reproductive health care: a position paper of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine.

Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is an important aspect of normal adolescent growth and development that encompasses biological sex, gender roles and identity, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and reproduction [1,2]. Achieving healthy adolescent sexual development involves managing the many physical, social, and emotional changes experienced during adolescence. Medically accurate and de...