Is the increasing medicalisation of society inevitable? Or is there a better way?

With mission creep in medicalisation categorising normal human challenges as “sickness” do we need to call a halt? Can we even expect a reversal of today’s medicalisation trends based on a better model of understanding health as normal? Here is an excerpt from The “Medicalisation of Normality” or the Normalisation of Health? Let’s Choose Wisely - my [...]

Is mission creep in medical diagnosis serving the public’s best interests?

I have recently suffered from the symptoms of “Cable Creep”. This is when you look at your cable service bill – for TV, broadband, and phone line – and realise that you have accepted various upgrades to various parts of your digital uptake through various inducements and have ended up paying more than you want…for [...]