Tanida, Noritoshi2019-09-252019-09-252011-03-052010-091173-2571http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/176657Medicalization refers to the practice that certain human conditions are to be defined and included in part of medical issues. The term became fashionable by the book Medical Nemesis (Illich, 1982), which commonly denotes the spread of medical practices through life and death. Medical Nemesis, which has a subtitle ―the expropriation of health,‖ is also known as ―Limits to Medicine.‖ As the title itself speaks, Illich was critical to contemporary western medicine. It is true that medicine or medicalization frequently causes more harm than good. Yet, authentic medicine is continuing to grow, so the medicalization too. It is a natural consequence that a number of people who are suffered from medicalization are continuing to grow.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderhospitalpeace makingprofitdrugshealth ethicsmedical ethicsBioethicsMedical ethicsHealth ethicsArticle