The Perils of Medicalization for Population Health and Health Equity
The Milbank Quarterly
Apr 25, 2023![Milbank centennial edition Milbank centennial edition](https://www.cuanschutz.edu/images/librariesprovider139/default-album/milbank-centennial-edition.jpg?sfvrsn=87120bb_0)
Medicalization has encroached into both population health science and public health, bringing with it a myopic focus on the role of the medical care delivery system in intervening upon individual acute medical and social needs. This leaves the root-cause social, economic, and political drivers of population health invisible, ignored, and undisturbed.
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