Medical Social Control Research Paper

the apparent tools of social control (Conrad, 1992, p. 215). Early analysts indicated that medical social control would likely replace other forms of control; while this has not occurred, it can be argued that medical social control has continued to expand (Conrad, 1992, p. 215-216). While numerous definitions of medical social control have been offered, in terms of medicalization, "The greatest social control power comes from having the authority to define certain behaviors, persons and things" (Conrad, 1992, p. 216).
In conclusion, just as science is made up of culture, so too is medicine. There are interrelated processes in action that determine what the norms are in medicine. There are power struggles and hierarchies that determine what