Lyman K A
Gerontologist. 1989 Oct;29(5):597-605. doi: 10.1093/geront/29.5.597.
This paper presents the argument that social gerontologists have adopted a biomedical model of senile dementia, neglecting social factors involved in the definition and interpretation of brain disease and in the experience of dementing illness. This biomedical model is critiqued, including the definition of pathology, the attribution of behavioral changes to disease stages, and the legitimation of medical control over persons with dementing illnesses.
本文提出这样一种观点，即社会老年医学家采用了老年痴呆症的生物医学模式，而忽视了在脑部疾病的定义和解释以及痴呆症患病体验中所涉及的社会因素。对这种生物医学模式进行了批判，包括病理学的定义、将行为变化归因于疾病阶段以及对痴呆症患者实施医疗控制的正当性。
