Social problems in medicine

misuse of the scientific method to justify racism

human right described in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and many other documents

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Sicko is a 2007 American political documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore. Investigating health care in the United States, the film focuses on the country's health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. Moore compares the for-profit non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.

psychological experiment

1932—1972 human experiment in Alabama, USA

government policies which attempt to force people to undergo surgical sterilization

thumb|upright|Samuel A. Cartwright (1793–1863) Drapetomania was a proposed mental illness that, in 1851, American physician Samuel A. Cartwright hypothesized as the cause of enslaved Americans fleeing captivity. This hypothesis was based on the belief that slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape.

neglect, physical abuse and lack of respect during childbirth

Theranos Inc. () was an American privately held corporation that was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. Founded in 2003 by then 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists and private investors, resulting in a $9 billion valuation at its peak in 2013 and 2014. The company claimed that it had devised blood tests that could be performed rapidly and accurately, while requiring very small amounts of blood, all using compact automated devices that the company had developed. These claims were proven to be false.

Medicalization is the process by which human conditions and problems come to be defined and treated as medical conditions, and thus become the subject of medical study, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment. Medicalization can be driven by new evidence or hypotheses about conditions; by changing social attitudes or economic considerations; or by the development of new medications or treatments.

health conditions thought to be a result of increasing wealth in society

theory of how the self-identity and behavior of individuals may be determined or influenced by the terms used to describe or classify them

Misuse of psychiatry for political purposes in the Soviet Union

psychological study of gay and lesbian sexuality

Pharmaceutical product used as an emergency treatment for anaphylaxis

American Pharmaceuticals Company

Affluenza describes the psychological and social effects of affluence. It is a portmanteau of affluence and influenza, and is used most commonly by critics of consumerism. Some psychologists consider it to be a pseudo-scientific term; however, the word continues to be used in scientific literature.

the misuse of psychiatry, including diagnosis, detention, and treatment, for the purposes of obstructing the human rights of individuals and/or groups in a society

Dronabinol (), sold under the brand names Marinol and Syndros, is the generic name for the molecule of (−)-trans-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the pharmaceutical context. It has indications as an appetite stimulant and antiemetic and is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as safe and effective for HIV/AIDS-induced anorexia and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.

economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status

alleged mental disorder applied to Soviet political dissidents

outdated diagnosis for patients with multiple symptoms of a neurological condition

alleged mental illness linked to scientific racism

pejorative term for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses and aggressively promoting their public awareness in order to expand the markets for treatment

diseases more prevalent in low-income populations

impartiality in the quality of health and healthcare

acts of torture influenced or instigated by medical personnel

tendency of individuals to offer greater aid when a specific, identifiable person is observed under hardship, as compared to a large, vaguely defined group with the same need

American billionaire businessman (born 1945)

Pollution of the environment with pharmaceutical drugs and their metabolites

misuse or overuse of antibiotics, with potentially serious effects on health

controversies relating to ADHD

form of sex education that teaches not having sex outside of marriage

health based on racial identity

surgery performed to modify atypical or ambiguous genitalia in order to comply with norms of the society

History of homosexuality as a diagnosed psychopathology

market and non-market factors that determine pricing

overview about bullying in medicine

action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient

illegal pain clinic