Social iatrogenesis: The medicalization of life in which medical professionals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device companies have a vested interest i

Social iatrogenesis: The medicalization of life in which medical professionals, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device companies have a vested interest in sponsoring sickness by creating unrealistic health demands that require more treatments or treating non-diseases that are part of the normal human experience, such as age-related declines. In this way, aspects of medical practice and medical industries can produce social harm in which society members ultimately become less healthy or excessively dependent on institutional care.