Medicalization of female life stages: a qualitative research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medicalization involves treating a normal biological process or behavior as a medical issue. Technological developments and media influence have accelerated the spread of medical discourse. All stages of a woman's life, from adolescence to old age, continue to be the subject of medical intervention. Therefore, it is important to obtain the views of physicians and women to uncover the underlying causes of medicalization. This study explores the realities and experiences surrounding medicalization, focusing on both conceptual insights and lived experiences. While traditional life stages such as menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and aging are examined, medicalized practices such as anti-aging procedures, abortion and assisted reproductive technologies are also

SUBMITTER: Kırlı G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11866672 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature