antimedicalization

English

Etymology

anti- + medicalization

Adjective

antimedicalization (not comparable)

  1. Opposing medicalization.
    • 2009, Marcia Claire Inhorn, Reconceiving the second sex: men, masculinity, and reproduction, page 292:
      Yet, though Israeli women seem to look suspiciously on antimedicalization messages, medical institutions are increasingly attempting to integrate alternative medical practices into hospital births.
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