title: The study of processes of medicalization in Latin America.
abstract: In recent decades, an ever-increasing cluster of phenomena has attracted the attention of social scientists and historians of medicine: processes of medicalization. As in other regions, Latin America has been affected by these phenomena. This article surveys recent literature involving sociological studies of these processes in the region, in order to provide an overview of the issue. It explores the theoretical transformations linked to the concept of medicalization in the contexts where they originated. It then analyzes the ways in which the concept has been appropriated by the social sciences in Latin America in order to describe the various phenomena associated with medicalization in the subcontinent.
authors.affiliation: Investigadora, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales/Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Unam). Circuito Mario de la Cueva, s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. 04510 - Coyoacán - DF - México. amurlores@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murguía
authors.affiliation: Investigadora, Centro de Investigaciones Interdisciplinarias en Ciencias y Humanidades/Unam. Torre II de Humanidades, 6º piso, Ciudad Universitaria. 04510 - Coyoacán - DF - México. tordorika@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ordorika
authors.affiliation: Egresado, Licenciatura en Sociología/Unam. Colina de las Nieves, 36. 53140 - Boulevares, Naucalpan - Estado de México - México. l_lendo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: León F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Lendo
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America; D062528:Medicalization / Q000266:history*; D012962:Sociology, Medical / Q000266:history*