Assignment

Construct a complete 4-5 page paper that fully satisfies these four areas:

Define medicalization in sociological terms.

Explain three major ways in which medicalization has been able to flourish in modern society.

Describe one mental or physical illness that has become medicalized, apply sociological concepts to analyze how this illness has become medicalized.

Finally, offer a commentary about whether or not you think the medicalization of this problem is warranted. In other words, do you think that medicalization, in the example you've chosen, is unnecessary? Why or why not?

The paper should be typed, double-spaced, 1" margins, arial or times new roman 11 pt font, and saved as .doc. The paper should be in APA format (cover page, running header, major heading, subheadings, in-text citations, and reference list).