Sjukdomsmångleri
Alias Disease mongering
“The boundaries of disease are fluid and there are too many vested
interests trying to push these boundaries as wide as possible” (Lynn
Payer 1990)
“Trying to convince essentially well people that they are sick, or
slightly sick people that they are very ill – is big business” (Ray
Moynihan 2002)
Citerade i: Lexchin J. Disease Mongering: Corporate Greed and
the Creation of Disease. In: Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and
Clinical Pharmacy. Oxford: Elsevier; 2019. pp. 85–96.
Although obesity should be biologically conceived of as a
continuum, health and illness are typically (and necessarily) defined as
distinct, dichotomous conditions at the clinical level.
Preclinical and clinical obesity pragmatically distinguish
conditions where the negative health effect might occur (as in
preclinical obesity) or has occurred (ie, clinical obesity).
Rubino F. et al. Op cit
⊕ & ⊖
⊕ Ökad medicinsk och kulturell legitimitet
⊕ Ökad tillgång till sjukvård
⊕ Minskat socialt och psykologiskt stigma
⊖ Friska människor med obesitas får onödig diagnos
⊖ ⇒ Överbehandling
⊖ Man individualiserar ett samhällsorsakat problem
