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The process by which aspects of life that were considered bad or deviant are redefined as sickness and needing medical attention to remedy is called:

deviance
medicalization
demedicalization
intersection theory

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Medicalization.

Step-by-step explanation:

By this process, any human conditions and problems are treated as medical conditions. As these conditions are culturally defined as pathological, they could be treatable medically.

The term was first used in the 1970s to describe the use of pharmaceuticals to treat mental disabilities.

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