what does the “medicalization of aging” mean to you? Be specific. Identify three reasons why our...
what does the “medicalization of aging” mean to you? Be specific. Identify three reasons why our public policy initiatives need to shift from medical care to wellness care and how this can be accomplished.
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Ans) Medicalization of aging:
Medicalization:
- How to become more useful with age
- How to treat old age
Natural process of aging becomes reconceptualized as a disease that is to be addressed by medical interventions.
Reasons for requiring a shift:
- Patients have a strong preference for receiving health care in home, and community-based settings.
- Technological factors are changing care because the development of new diagnostic and treatment procedures and less invasive surgical methods has made it possible to provide patient services in outpatient settings that previously required hospital stays.
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