title: Born in the USA. The medicalization of social problems.
abstract: As the debate over health care reform intensified a few years ago, Americans questioned their delivery system and pointed to Canada, Great Britain, and other countries as potential models for reform. NHA conducted its own examination of these models and concluded: the United States, and Michigan in particular, will have difficulty improving the health status of its citizens and controlling health care expenditures unless we more effectively deal with a uniquely American phenomenon--the medicalization of social problems.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McRee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D015438:Health Behavior; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008019:Life Style; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000453:epidemiology; D012940:Social Problems; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence