Humanity and Family by way of Medical Sociology

Abstract

In this article there are three tasks included : 1) To illustrate the contemporary phase of interrelationship among humans, medicine and family, via the concept of 'medicalization'. 2) To overview the brief history of family sociology and medical sociology on a comparative basis, and then to search the meaning of their literature via modern-postmodern debate. 3) To critically examine the basic concepts of 'individualization' and 'clinical', strategically of critical importance to both fields