disease mongering
pejorative term for the practice of widening the diagnostic boundaries of illnesses and aggressively promoting their public awareness in order to expand the markets for treatment
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disease mongering
Summary
disease mongering is a medicalization[1]. It draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (medicalization category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- disease mongering's instance of is recorded as medicalization[3].
- disease mongering's instance of is recorded as disease[4].
- disease mongering's subclass of is recorded as questionable disease[5].
- disease mongering's subclass of is recorded as sales promotion[6].
- disease mongering's subclass of is recorded as pharmaceutical lobby[7].
- disease mongering's Commons category is recorded as Disease mongering[8].
- disease mongering's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08jnf1[9].
- disease mongering's Q-Codes ID is recorded as QD442[10].
Why It Matters
disease mongering draws 25 Wikipedia views per month (medicalization category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]