Peter (Harry Coplan Professor of Social Sciences, Brandeis University) Conrad
Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems--birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity--are now viewed as medical conditions. For better or worse, medicine increasingly permeates aspects of daily life.
Building on more than three decades of research, Peter Conrad explores the changing forces behind this trend with case studies of short stature, social anxiety, -male menopause, - erectile dysfunction, adult ADHD, and sexual orientation. He examines the...
Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common...
