![In the past, [medicalization]has been portrayed as something that doctors inflict on a passive and un-suspecting world - an expansion of the Medical Empire. But in reality, it seems that these reductionist bio-medical stories can appeal to us all, because complex problems often have depressingly-complex causes, and the solutions can be taxing, and unsatisfactory.](/assets/img/quote-photos/in-the-past-medicalizationhas-been-portrayed-as-something-that-doctors-inflict.jpg)
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