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Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation

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  • Violeta Alarcão

    (Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte), Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
    Instituto de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Sónia Pintassilgo

    (Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Iscte), Avenida das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal)

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Medicalization has been a key concept in the field of the sociology of health and illness over the past 50 years, capturing the expanding social control of everyday life by medical experts [...]

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  • Violeta Alarcão & Sónia Pintassilgo, 2023. "Old and New Actors and Phenomena in the Three-M Processes of Life and Society: Medicalization, Moralization and Misinformation," Societies, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-4, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsoctx:v:13:y:2023:i:1:p:17-:d:1032905
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