antimedicalization

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ medicalization.

Adjective

antimedicalization (not comparable)

1. Opposing medicalization.
   • 2009, Marcia Claire Inhorn, Reconceiving the second sex: men, masculinity, and reproduction, page 292:

     Yet, though Israeli women seem to look suspiciously on antimedicalization messages, medical institutions are increasingly attempting to integrate alternative medical practices into hospital births.